Two satyrs and a faun seated to right watching two child satyrs

Drawing of two satyrs and a faun seated to right watching two child satyrs

Two satyrs and a faun seated to right watching two child satyrs and another satyr with an child on his shoulders dance to left, a round composition, from 'Six animal subjects' (Six sujets d'animaux). 

Stefano della Bella (Italian, Florence 1610–1664 Florence)

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Associated Passages
Syntra 13-28
Subjects
Luisa Sigaea
Type
Image
License
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike
Agent
Stefano della Bella
Date
ca. 1643–48
Image Credit
Metropolitan Museum of Art

Bronze statuette of a veiled and masked dancer

Bronze statuette of a veiled and masked dancer 3rd–2nd century B.C.

"The complex motion of this dancer is conveyed exclusively through the interaction of the body with several layers of dress. Over an undergarment that falls in deep folds and trails heavily, the figure wears a lightweight mantle, drawn tautly over her head and body by the pressure applied to it by her right arm, left hand, and right leg. Its substance is conveyed by the alternation of the tubular folds pushing through from below and the freely curling softness of the fringe. The woman's face is covered by the sheerest of veils, discernible at its edge below her hairline and at the cutouts for the eyes," says the description on the Metropolitan Museum website but it does seem similar to have points of similarity with Apollonius' description of Medea's escape.

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A detailed description of the Masked dancer
Associated Passages
Argonautica IV 1-56
Subjects
Apollonius Argonautica
Type
Image
License
Creative Commons Attribution
Date
3rd–2nd century B.C.
Location
New York
Image Credit
Metropolitan Museum of Art

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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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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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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