Carl Bloch’s lost masterpiece Prometheus Unbound finds fame again in Athens Work that made its creator a superstar then mysteriously disappeared is mesmerising art lovers once more.
“At the age of 87 I don’t think I’ve seen anything like it,” said Dimitris Mavrikas, a retired merchant who had travelled from Agrinio in central Greece to see the work.
It was commissioned by a Greek king, made its creator a superstar and in his native Denmark attracted crowds like no other painting before.
“Its appeal has been astounding,” said Nikolas Papadimitriou, the director of the Paul and Alexandra Canellopoulos Museum beneath the Acropolis.
“For me it’s all about the battle of human existence, the battle we wage to survive from the moment we are born.”.
