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Feast of the Gods
Alessandro Vittoriac. 1571-1578
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
Banquets of the gods were common literary devices in classical texts and myth, and their use here enmeshed with the desire to capture the sensuality of the body and water in motion.
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- Title: Feast of the Gods
- Creator: Alessandro Vittoria (Italian, 1525-1608)
- Date Created: c. 1571-1578
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 34.3 x 22.2 cm (13 1/2 x 8 3/4 in.)
- Provenance: Jean-Paul Bignon (1662-1743), Steven de Marczibányi, 1752-1810 (Budapest, Hungary), Anthony de Rakovsky (Budapest, Hungary), Dr. Emil Delmar (Budapest, Hungary), sold to R. Stora & Co., 1952., R. Stora & Co. (New York, New York), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1952.
- Type: Sculpture
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1952.464
- Medium: bronze
- Department: European Painting and Sculpture
- Culture: Italy, 16th century
- Credit Line: John L. Severance Fund
- Collection: Sculpture
- Accession Number: 1952.464
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