Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART: Sala di Galatea; Polyphemus
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Sala di Galatea; Polyphemus
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Alternate Title:
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Polyphemus
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Image View:
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Right side of panel, dog's head visible under the leg of Polyphemus as he gazes out to sea; panel has water damage at bottom
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Creator:
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Sebastiano del Piombo (Italian painter, ca. 1485-1547)
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Location:
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repository: Villa Farnesina (Rome, Lazio, Italy)
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Location Note:
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Via della Lungara, 230; Sala di Galatea
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GPS:
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+41.893611+12.4675
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Date:
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ca. 1512 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Italian
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Style Period:
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Renaissance
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Work Type 1:
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fresco (painting)
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Classification:
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painting
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Material:
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pigment on plaster
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Technique:
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fresco painting (technique)
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Measurements:
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295 cm (height) x 225 cm (width)
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Description:
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In early 1511 the Siennese banker Agostino Chigi came to Venice. When he returned to Rome in August, he took with him the painter he probably considered to be the best in Venice, Sebastiano. On his arrival in Rome, Sebastiano painted the frescoes in the lunettes of the loggia (Sala di Galatea) of Chigi’s villa, later known as Villa Farnesina; these consisted of mythological scenes set in the heavens. Beneath these a cycle of myths relating to water was probably intended: instead there is a large figure of Polyphemus facing towards the Galatea painted by Raphael. The theme is taken from a poem by the Florentine Angelo Poliziano where Polyphemus sings a song to the nymph. Sebastiano painted the fresco freehand in Venetian manner (instead of transferring a drawing), with colors of chemical composition and intensity hitherto unknown in Rome. The technical and stylistic innovation of these frescoes was noted by Vasari. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/)
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Image Description:
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A flood which occurred shortly after the fresco panel was painted in 1512 may have curtailed the plans for more panels (Hirst, 1981).
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Collection:
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Adjunct Module A: Italian Art
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Identifier:
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7A1-RS-VF-TP-C01
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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