Thomas BLANCHET (Paris 1614 - Lyon 1689 ) Amphion rebuilds the walls of Thebes Canvas with oval view 40,5 x 33,5 cm On the back, in black ink: "Amphion baut durch sein Gegenspiek die Mauern von Theben wieder auf. Gemalt von Schick" (Accidents and restorations) Son of Jupiter and Antiope, poet and musician, Amphion played music so well that even hearts of stone were softened. Horace reports that, touched by the sounds of his lyre, the stones came to place themselves to form the wall of Thebes.