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GIOVANNI BATTISTA TIEPOLO. Neptune and the Winds

Neptune and the Winds. Artist: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, Venice 1696-1770 Madrid). Dimensions: Round painted surface, 24 1/2 x 24 1/2 in. (62.2 x 62.2 cm). The sketch illustrates a celebrated passage from Virgil's <i>Aeneid</i> describing how Neptune calmed the winds to save Aeneas from shipwreck. Neptune, his arm raised, commands the winds to desist. Jupiter stands in front of the portico of a circular temple. In 1764-66 Tiepolo decorated a room in the Palacio Real, Madrid, with an apotheosis of Aeneas; the sketch may be related to this project.
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Neptune and the Winds
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Neptune and the Winds. Artist: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, Venice 1696-1770 Madrid). Dimensions: Round painted surface, 24 1/2 x 24 1/2 in. (62.2 x 62.2 cm). The sketch illustrates a celebrated passage from Virgil's Aeneid describing how Neptune calmed the winds to save Aeneas from shipwreck. Neptune, his arm raised, commands the winds to desist. Jupiter stands in front of the portico of a circular temple. In 1764-66 Tiepolo decorated a room in the Palacio Real, Madrid, with an apotheosis of Aeneas; the sketch may be related to this project.
Technique/material:
OIL ON CANVAS
Museum:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Credit:
Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
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Image size:
3445 x 3433 px | 33.8 MB
Print size:
29.2 x 29.1 cm | 11.5 x 11.4 in (300 dpi)
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