Iconography

ARCHITECTURE

Italy / Rome / Villa Farnesina / Sala di Galatea / Lunettes (Mythological Scenes)
Italy / Rome / Villa Farnesina / Sala di Galatea / Ceiling (Constellations)

GODS AND MYTHS

Cycles / Sebastiano del Piombo (Rome, Villa Farnesina, 1511, Myths related to air and birds)
Ganymede / Rape of Ganymede / Jupiter disguised as an eagle / Ganymede in the air
Nemesis
Pegasus / Single figure
Tereus, Procne and Philomela / Procne and Philomela turned into birds

MAGIC AND SCIENCE

Astronomy and astrology / Constellations / Cycles / Murals / Rome, Farnesina, Sala di Galatea (Baldassare Peruzzi, 1511) / Several scenes together
Astronomy and astrology / Constellations / Northern hemisphere / Cygnus / Related Myths / Nemesis (Hyginus, II, 8)
Astronomy and astrology / Constellations / Zodiac / Aquarius / Related Myths / Ganymede as Jupiter's butler (Hyginus, II, 29)

SECULAR ICONOGRAPHY

Allegories and personifications A-Z / Fortune (Fortuna) / With attributes / Rudder

Further details

The woman with the hair flowing in front of her head and the rudder is Fortuna - it has been suggested by Saxl that this image depicted the constellation Cygnus, since Jupiter had raped Nemesis who might have been depicted as fortuna; identification of subject-matter of lunette uncertain

Artist or creator

Peruzzi, Baldassare (1481-1536) and
Sebastiano del Piombo (c1485-1547)

Date

1511

Location

Rome, Villa Farnesina, Sala di Galatea

Associated persons

Ian Jones (Photographer (digital))

Notes on photograph

Collection

Hamburg stamp (Bibliothek Warburg)

Bibliographic Citation

Kristen Lippincott, Two Astrological Ceilings Reconsidered, JWCI 53 (1990), pp. 185-207, p. 189

Rights and Permissions

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Acknowledgements

Record created with the generous support of the Dean’s Development Fund, School of Advanced Study’

Contact

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