[Vasco da Gama's ship with gods above] / E. Casanova. – Vintage Wall Art
![[Vasco da Gama's ship with gods above] / E. Casanova., [ca. 1880] — historic image](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/df/df54be5b8631-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This historic image of [Vasco da Gama's ship with gods above] / E. Casanova. brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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[Vasco da Gama's ship with gods above] / E. Casanova.
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Vasco da Gama's ship sails beneath a host of gods in this watercolor, a scene drawn from the mythological machinery of Luís de Camões's epic *Os Lusíadas*. Camões published the poem in 1572 to celebrate the Portuguese voyage to India that da Gama completed in 1498, and he gave the Olympian deities a role in guiding and obstructing the fleet. E. Casanova made the picture as an illustration for an 1880 edition, showing how nineteenth-century artists turned the epic's heavenly scenes into images of the age of exploration. The rigging and sails also offer a view of the sailing ships of the late fifteenth century.
| Created / published | [ca. 1880] |
|---|---|
| Genre | Watercolors 1880-1890. |
| Notes | Illustration for: Os Lusiadas by Luis de Camoens, 1880. |
| Subjects | Sailing ships--Portuguese--1490-1530. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,143 × 1,471 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-216193 |
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