Iconography

GODS AND MYTHS

Cycles / Filarete, Bronze doors of St Peter's, Vatican (1433-1445)
Echo
Europa / Rape of Europa / Jupiter disguised as a bull / The bull in the water / Europa sitting on the bull
Ganymede / Rape of Ganymede / Jupiter disguised as an eagle / Ganymede in the air
Hercules / Myths / Infancy and childhood / Infant Hercules strangling serpents / Single figure
Historia Thebana / The story of Cadmus / Cycles / Miscellaneous
Historia Thebana / The story of Cadmus / The Delphian oracle instructs Cadmus to follow a heifer
Historia Thebana / The story of Cadmus / The dragon kills the followers of Cadmus
Historia Thebana / The story of Cadmus / Cadmus kills the dragon
Narcissus / Myths / Narcissus pursued by Echo
Narcissus / Myths / Narcissus gazing at his reflection in the water / With Echo watching
Perseus / Myths / Perseus and Medusa / Perseus killing Medusa
Proserpina / Myths / Pluto and Proserpina / Before the rape / Proserpina gathering flowers with the Oceanides
Proserpina / Myths / Pluto and Proserpina / The rape of Proserpina / Pluto carrying away Proserpina in his chariot / Chariot moving towards the left

LITERATURE

Ancient / Aesop / Fables / The Cock and the Pearl
Ancient / Aesop / Fables / The Wolf and the Lamb

Further details

left, from bottom: Rape of Europa, Rape of Proserpina, Cadmus and the heifer, Cadmus's companions killed, Cadmus kills the dragon, fables of the Wolf and the Lamb, and of the Cock and the Pearl; right, from bottom: Medusa, Hercules killing snakes, Ganymede, Proserpina, Narcissus and Echo

Artist or creator

Filarete (Antonio di Pietro Averlino) (c1400-1469)

Date

1433 - 1445

Location

Vatican City, San Pietro, central doors

Associated persons

Ian Jones (Photographer (digital))

Notes on photograph

Bibliographic Citation

Helen Roeder, The Borders of Filarete's Bronze Doors to St Peter's, Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes 10 (1947), pp. 150-153

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Acknowledgements

Record created with the generous support of the Kress foundation

Contact

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