Iconography

ARCHITECTURE

Italy / Mantua / Palazzo Ducale / Camera del Zodiaco

GODS AND MYTHS

Hercules / Single figure / Portraits in the guise of Hercules

MAGIC AND SCIENCE

Astronomy and astrology / Constellations / Zodiac / Cycles / Multiple images / Zodiac only - not in calendars or linked to the Months / Mantua, Palazzo Ducale, Camera dello Zodiaco (Leonbruno, 1521-1523, horoscope of Federico Gonzaga)
Astronomy and astrology / Planets / Represented as planetary deities / Cycles / Cycles of seven / Multiple images - Frescoes / Mantua, Palazzo Ducale, Camera dello Zodiaco (Leonbruno, 1521-1523, horoscope of Federico Gonzaga)
Astronomy and astrology / Horoscopes / Specific / Gonzaga, Federico II (1500 May 16 or 17)

PORTRAITS

Rulers / Modern / Italy / Mantua / Gonzaga, Federico II (1500-1540, r.1519-1540)
Types of portrait / As mythological figures / Male

Further details

Artist or creator

Leonbruno, Lorenzo (1489-c1537)

Date

1521 - 1523

Location

Mantua, Palazzo Ducale

Associated persons

Ian Jones (Photographer (digital))

Notes on photograph

Bibliographic Citation

Kristen Lippincott and Rodolfo Signorini, The Camera dello Zodiaco of Federico II Gonzaga, Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes 54 (1991), pp. 244-247)

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Acknowledgements

Record created with the generous support of the Kress foundation

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