Iconography

ARCHITECTURE

Italy / Caprarola / Palazzo Farnese / Sala del Mappamondo / Upper Walls (Zodiacus and Planets)

GODS AND MYTHS

Astraea / Astraea leaving the unjust men, being elevated to the stars

MAGIC AND SCIENCE

Astronomy and astrology / Constellations / Zodiac / Cycles / Multiple images / Zodiac and planets / Caprarola, Palazzo Farnese, Sala del Mappamondo
Astronomy and astrology / Constellations / Zodiac / Virgo / Related Myths / Astraea (Hyginus, II, 25, 1)

Further details

Also interpreted as Erigone, another myth connected to Virgo (Hyginus II, 25, 2) - but it is hard to see this myth in the image

Artist or creator

Vecchi, Giovanni de' (1536-1615) or
Raffaellino da Reggio (Raffaello Motta) (1550-1578)

Date

1574

Location

Caprarola, Villa Farnese (Sala del Mappamondo)

Associated persons

Ian Jones (Photographer (digital))

Notes on photograph

Bibliographic Citation

Kristen Lippincott, Two Astrological Ceilings Reconsidered, JWCI 53 (1990), pp. 185-207, pp. 201-205

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 Dean’s Development Fund, School of Advanced Study’

Contact

For comments or queries, please contact photographic.collect@sas.ac.uk
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