Danae was a popular subject in the early 1900s for many artists; she was used as the quintessential symbol of divine love, and transcendence.

While imprisoned by her father Acrisus, King of Argos in a tower of bronze, Danaë was visited by Zeus who is symbolized here as the golden rain flowing between her legs.

Sometime after her celestial visitation she gave birth to a son Perseus who is cited later in Greek mythology for slaying the Gorgon Medusa…