Dora and the Minotaur at the Musee Picasso

Dora and the Minotaur at the Musee Picasso
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Picasso portrayed himself as the mischievous Harlequin in early paintings; eventually one of his most commonly-used symbols for himself was the minotaur.

Wikipedia: In Greek mythology, the Minotaur (Greek: Μῑνώταυρος, Mīnṓtauros), as the Greeks imagined him, was a creature with the head of a bull on the body of a man[1] or, as described by Ovid, "part man and part bull."[2] He dwelt at the center of the Cretan Labyrinth, which was an elaborate maze-like construction[3] built for King Minos of Crete and designed by the architect Daedalus and his son Icarus who were ordered to build it to hold the Minotaur. The Minotaur was eventually killed by Theseus, the son of Aegeas.