Left print - Minerva seated at centre with Neptune standing nearby Right print , a view of the dome of the Sala dei Gigantiafter the frescoes representing the battle of the gods and the giants , the Palazzo del Te, Mantua; Series: Giove che fulmina li gigantic
Giulio Romano (Rome c.1499 - Mantua 1546)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
c. 1680
Materials
Ink on paper.
Measurements
209 x 284 mm
Collection
Saltram, Devon
NT 873018.7.66
Caption
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_V-8-33
Summary
(Folio 19, recto, lower left print) On one sheet and plate, two different prints: at left, Minerva seated at centre with a female figure, Neptune standing nearby, and other figures in the upper left and a nymph and satyr fleeing to the right; at right, a view of the dome of the Sala dei Giganti, with people peering down through a round portico, and at centre the eagle of Jupiter seated on the throne of Jupiter; after the frescoes representing the battle of the gods and the giants designed by Giulio Romano for the Palazzo del Te, Mantua;
Makers and roles
Giulio Romano (Rome c.1499 - Mantua 1546), creator Pietro Santi Bartoli (1635-1700), creator