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Bonasone: Neptune calming the Tempest

Bonasone: Neptune calming the Tempest
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Attributed to Giulio Bonasone (Italian, active Rome and Bologna, 1531–after 1576) (in Bartsch, but questioned)

Attributed to Girolamo Fagiuoli (Italian, active Bologna, by 1539, died 1574 Bologna) by S. Boorsch

After Perino del Vaga (Pietro Buonaccorsi) (Italian, Florence 1501–1547 Rome) (Metropolitan Museum)

Bartsch, although he lists this print under Bonasone, doubts that it was done by this artist. The editors of The Illustrated Bartsch concur in doubting the attribution. Massari accepts the attribution. (Museum of Fine Art, Boston)

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Image Source
Associated Passages
Vergil, Aeneid I 142-156
Subjects
Vergil
Aeneid
Bonasone
Type
Image
Agent
Giulio Bonasone
Date
1531–76
Culture
Italian
Medium
Engraving
Location
New York, Metropolitan Museum
Image Credit
Metropolitan Museum of Art

Tiepolo: Neptune and the Winds

Tiepolo: Neptune and the Winds

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. (Metropolitan Museum of Art)

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Image Source
Associated Passages
Vergil, Aeneid I 124-131
Vergil, Aeneid I 142-156
Subjects
Vergil
Aeneid
License
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
Agent
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Date
1696–1770
Culture
Italian
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
24 1/2 x 24 1/2 in. (62.2 x 62.2 cm)
Location
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Image Credit
Metropolitan Museum of Art
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