Iconography

ARCHITECTURE

Italy / Mantua / Palazzo Te / Camera dei Venti

GODS AND MYTHS

Laocoön / Census of Antique Art known to the Renaissance / Known Prototypes / Vatican City, Cortile del Belvedere / Adaptations

MAGIC AND SCIENCE

Science, technology and medicine / Medicine / Quacksalvers / Snake vendors
Astronomy and astrology / Constellations / Northern hemisphere / Serpentarius / Influence of Serpentarius
Astronomy and astrology / Decans and paranatellonta / Cycles / Mantua, Palazzo Te, Camera dei Venti (Giulio Romano, 1527-1528)
Astronomy and astrology / Decans and paranatellonta / Paranatellonta, by zodiac sign and decan / Capricornus / Miscellaneous

Further details

Serpentarius, in the first degrees of Capricornus, produces snake-charmers (Firmicus, Mathesis, VIII, 15, 1), here re-interpreted as quacks selling antidotes (the canvas behind the quack shows St Paul on Malta)

Artist or creator

Giulio Romano (Giulio Pippi) (c1499-1546)

Date

1527 - 1528

Location

Mantua, Palazzo Te

Associated persons

Ian Jones (Photographer (digital))

Notes on photograph

Bibliographic Citation

Ernst Gombrich, The Sala dei Venti in the Palazzo del Te, in: Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institute 13 (1950), pp. 189-201, p. 191

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Acknowledgements

Record created with the generous support of the Kress foundation

Contact

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