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Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Venus between Mars and Neptune
Image View:
Overall view within carved and gilded ceiling coffer
Creator:
Giovanni Battista Zelotti (Italian painter, 1526-1578)
Location:
repository: Palazzo Ducale (Venice, Veneto, Italy)
Location Note:
Doge's Palace, Piazza San Marco 1; Sala del Consiglio dei Dieci (Council of Ten)
GPS:
45.4339 12.34
Date:
1553-1554 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Renaissance; Sixteenth century
Work Type 1:
painting (visual work)
Work Type 2:
ceiling
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
oil paint on canvas, attached to ceiling
Technique:
oil painting (technique)
Subjects:
allegory; mythology (Classical); Neptune (Roman deity); Venus (Roman deity); Venetian; Venice
Description:
In 1553-1554, working with Veronese and Giovanni Battista Ponchino, Zelotti painted in oil compartments of the ceiling in the Sala del Consiglio dei Dieci. He was responsible for a putto frieze and Venice Surmounting the Globe which are skillfully executed, as well as this panel. (Despite the title, it may be a personification of Venice victorious in war, since the figure is accompanied by a lion, emblem of Venice, as well as Neptune). (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordart online.com/)
Collection:
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A1-ZELOTTI-DP-VMN-A 01
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Venus between Mars and Neptune