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ARCHITECTURE

Italy / Mantua / Palazzo Ducale / Sala di Troia

GODS AND MYTHS

Historia Troiana / Cycles / Mantua, Palazzo Ducale, Sala di Troia
Jupiter / With other figures / Venus / Alone
Venus / With other figures / Jupiter
Venus / Myths / Venus in the Historia Troiana / Miscellaneous

LITERATURE

Ancient / Homer / Iliad / Book V: Diomedes attacks Aeneas, Venus and Mars / vv. 418-430: The wounded Venus is ridiculed by Juno and Minerva and admonished by Jupiter

Further details

Fainted Venus in the arms of Jupiter. Part of the ceiling

Artist or creator

Giulio Romano (Giulio Pippi) (c1499-1546)

Date

1536 - 1540

Location

Mantua, Palazzo Ducale, Sala di Troia

Associated persons

Ian Jones (Photographer (digital))

Notes on photograph

Collection

Heinrich Bodmer Bequest

Rights and Permissions

This material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial 3.0 Unported License

Acknowledgements

Record created with the generous support of the Kress foundation

Contact

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