Iconography
ARCHITECTURE
Italy / Mantua / Palazzo d'Arco / Sala dello Zodiaco / Murals showing the zodiacal signs and grisailles beneath
GODS AND MYTHS
Hercules / Myths / Labours / Lernean hydra / With the crab sent by Juno to attack Hercules (Hyginus, De astronomia, II, 23)
MAGIC AND SCIENCE
Astronomy and astrology / Constellations / Zodiac / Cycles / Multiple images / Zodiac only - in calendars or linked to the Months / Mantua, Palazzo d'Arco (Giovanni Maria Falconetto, 1510-1520)
Astronomy and astrology / Constellations / Zodiac / Cancer / Related Myths / Hercules and the Hydra (Hyginus, II, 23, 1)
Astronomy and astrology / Constellations / Zodiac / Cancer / Related Myths / Juno placing Cancer in the firmament (Hyginus, II, 23, 1)
Time / Months / Occupations of the months / Cycles / Mantua, Palazzo d'Arco (Giovanni Maria Falconetto, 1510-1520, not all images include months)
PORTRAITS
Further details
Artist or creator
Date
1510 - 1520
Location
Associated persons
Ian Jones (Photographer (digital))
Notes on photograph
Bibliographic Citation
Guy de Tervarent, Les fresques zodiacales du palais d'Arco à Mantoue, Bulletin de la Classe de Beaux-Arts, Brussels 45 (1963), pp. 244-265
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Acknowledgements
Record created with the generous support of the Dean’s Development Fund, School of Advanced Study’
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