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Socrates and Alcibiades
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The naked Alcibiades looks admiringly upon Socrates, leaning sufficiently far into the picture to allow the spectator to enjoy a sizeable portion of his well shaped body. The picture frame crops the young man's groin in an interesting way. The scene is from Plato's Symposium, where the young and beautiful Alcibiades tries to seduce Socrates, but realises that carnal desire can be sublimated to foster spiritual development. The model for Zahrtmann's Alcibiades was Hjalmar Sørensen. Sørensen lived for some time with the senior police officer Carl Hansen, who was implicated in the so-called Great Vice Case of 1906-07, where several prominent homosexual citizens were questioned by the police. The presence of one of Zahrt mann's own statuettes of the Danish Queen Leonora Christina creates a link between the artist and Greek Antiquity. Zahrtmann held "symposiums" with male attendants and was compared to Socrates.
Title: Socrates and Alcibiades
Description:
The naked Alcibiades looks admiringly upon Socrates, leaning sufficiently far into the picture to allow the spectator to enjoy a sizeable portion of his well shaped body.
The picture frame crops the young man's groin in an interesting way.
The scene is from Plato's Symposium, where the young and beautiful Alcibiades tries to seduce Socrates, but realises that carnal desire can be sublimated to foster spiritual development.
The model for Zahrtmann's Alcibiades was Hjalmar Sørensen.
Sørensen lived for some time with the senior police officer Carl Hansen, who was implicated in the so-called Great Vice Case of 1906-07, where several prominent homosexual citizens were questioned by the police.
The presence of one of Zahrt mann's own statuettes of the Danish Queen Leonora Christina creates a link between the artist and Greek Antiquity.
Zahrtmann held "symposiums" with male attendants and was compared to Socrates.
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