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The Banquet of the Gods

1534–77
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Banquet of the Gods
  • Artist: Guglielmo della Porta (Italian, Porlezza, near Lake Lugano ca. 1500–1577 Rome)
  • Date: 1534–77
  • Medium: Pen and brown ink, over black chalk
  • Dimensions: 4 13/16 x 6 9/16in. (12.3 x 16.6cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1963
  • Object Number: 63.103.3
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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Banquet of the Gods, Guglielmo della Porta Italian, Gold, lapis lazuli, carnelian, Italian, Rome
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Designer Guglielmo della Porta
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after 1585
Mars and Venus Trapped by Vulcan, Guglielmo della Porta Italian, Gilt bronze, Italian
Mars and Venus Trapped by Vulcan
After Guglielmo della Porta
late 16th century
Lobster-Tail Burgonet, Steel, leather, gold, North Italian
Lobster-Tail Burgonet
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ca. 1610
Three Standing Figures (recto); Seated Woman and a Male Hermit in Half-length (verso), Stefano da Verona (Stefano di Giovanni d'Arbosio di Francia) Italian, Pen and brown ink, over traces of charcoal or black chalk (recto); pen and brown ink, brush with touches of brown wash, over traces of charcoal or black chalk (verso)
Three Standing Figures (recto); Seated Woman and a Male Hermit in Half-length (verso)
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1435–38
Perseus with the head of Medusa, and Phineus, Guglielmo della Porta Italian, Bronze, light and dark brown patina, Italian, Rome
Perseus with the head of Medusa, and Phineus
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