Considering the pig, a single-minded bestiary.
Poets and artists who have considered pigs and the goddess Circe
United States, (fl. late 20th/early 21st cent.) Circe and Her Lovers in a Landscape (2007), oil and gold leaf on canvas 46 x 58 in. (116.8 x 147.3 cm.) Editor’s Note: This image is part of Summerall’s human-animal harmony themed “The Goddess Returns” series which premiered in 2008. Circe (ca. 2008), oil on canvas 46 … Read more
Italy, (1555-1630) Ulyssis socij a Circe in porcos [Circe Changing Ulysses’ Men to Swine] (17th cent.), etching 4.1 x 4.6 in. (10.3 x 11.8 cm.) illustration from:Ovid’s Metamorphoses, plate.135 Private collection Calidonius ab Atalanta aper primo vulneratus a Meleagro interimitur [Atalanta and Meleager Killing the Wild Boar] (17th cent.), etching 3.8 x 4.5 in. (9.7 … Read more
German, (1751-1829) Scenes from story of Odysseus and Circe (c. 1790-1800), etching printed in blue ink 7.0 x 6.2 in. (17.7 x 15.7 cm.) British Museum About the Artist Wilhelm Tischbein (1751-1829) was a German print maker; painter and draughtsman. Known as Wilhelm Tischbein or ‘Goethe’ Tischbein, his full name was Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein. … Read more
Gregorio Evandro Tocchini, Brazil (b. 1979), works include: comics cover art – Circe and Pigs. Tocchini is an illustrator and comics penciler, inker and colorist and has done work for Brazilian firms as well as Marvel and DC Comics.
Giovanni Battista Trotti, Italy (1555-1612), works/poetry includes: Circe restituisce la forma umana ai compagni di Ulisse. Trotti was a painter, architect and interior designer of the late-Renaissance period.
Luis Rodríguez Vigil (b. 1963), works include: La Maga Circe. Vigil is a Spanish painter. His work has been described as creating discomfort or an uneasiness.
British, (1849-1917) Circe Offering the Cup to Ulysses (1891), oil on canvas 36.3 x 58.7 in. (92 x 149 cm.) Oldham Gallery Editor’s Note: Circe sits enthroned, her wand held aloft in her left hand and a cup of some potion in her right. In the mirror behind her we see reflected Odysseus’ ship on … Read more
Michael Wolgemut, Germany, (1434-1519) – Odysseus and Circe (1493), woodcut, hand colored, an illustration from: The Nuremberg Chronicles. Anton Koberger (1493).
Swiss, (1926-2010) Affluence noise in the air? ulysses doesn’t hear the sirens: he’s in the sty with circe. they yawn. their bodies just make ‘em puke. what’s left? words. they babble of troy that was, and of ithaca to come. and all the swine come in on the tune with their grunts. Translated by … Read more
N. C. Wyeth, United States, (1882-1945) – art works include: Circe and the Swine, The Boar Hunt, Eumaeus, the Swineherd, Portrait of a Farmer, Chadds Ford landscape with white barn, Medieval Procession, with Boar’s Head Platter. Newell Convers Wyeth, known as N.C. Wyeth, was a US realist painter and illustrator.