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Murals in the Hall of the Zodiac,Palazzo d'Arco in Mantova.In the early 16th century the palace belonged to Luigi Gonzaga (1500-1532).Toro,the bull:a bucolic scene;Pan playing the flute,little Jupiter nursed by the goat Amalthea;far background:the rape of Europa.
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Murals in the Hall of the Zodiac,Palazzo d'Arco in Mantova.In the early 16t...

Murals in the Hall of the Zodiac,Palazzo d'Arco in Mantova.In the early 16th century the palace belonged to Luigi Gonzaga (1500-1532).Leo,the lion:Diana of Ephesus,nursing black and white putti;two lions on her arms;background:Hercules kills the Nemean lion.
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Murals in the Hall of the Zodiac,Palazzo d'Arco in Mantova.In the early 16th cen...

Murals in the Hall of the Zodiac,Palazzo d'Arco in Mantova.In the early 16th century the palace belonged to Luigi Gonzaga (1500-1532).Scorpio,scorpion.The building in the background is San Vitale in Ravenna;the mythology (the hunter Orion or Jupiter)is not clear.
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Murals in the Hall of the Zodiac,Palazzo d'Arco in Mantova.In the early 16t...

Murals in the Hall of the Zodiac,Palazzo d'Arco in Mantova.In the early 16th century the palace belonged to Luigi Gonzaga (1500-1532).Aquarius,water-carrier: The Porta dei Leoni in Verona;a bearhunt;the goddess Diana who changed the nymph Callisto into a bear.
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Murals in the Hall of the Zodiac,Palazzo d'Arco in Mantova.In the early 16t...

Murals in the Hall of the Zodiac,Palazzo d'Arco in Mantova.In the early 16th century the palace belonged to Luigi Gonzaga (1500-1532).Pisces,fish:A man warming his hands;two nude fishermen watching a figure falling from a rock,perhaps Sappho.Two figures holding up fish.
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Murals in the Hall of the Zodiac,Palazzo d'Arco in Mantova.In the early 16t...

Murals in the Hall of the Zodiac,Palazzo d'Arco in Mantova.In the early 16th century the palace belonged to Luigi Gonzaga (1500-1532).Fresco above the sign of the Scorpion:a piglet is given as a present to a watergoddess.
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Murals in the Hall of the Zodiac,Palazzo d'Arco in Mantova.In the early 16t...

Venus guided by Amor to the dead Adonis. Canvas,120 x 92 cm R.F.1995-8
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Venus guided by Amor to the dead Adonis. Canvas,120 x 92 cm...

The Wedding at Cana. Photograph after restoration. From the Benedictine Convent of San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice.Detail Canvas (1562-1563), 666 x 990 cm Inv. 142
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The Wedding at Cana. Photograph after restoration. From the Benedictine Con...

The Annunciation 1506 Oil on canvas, 76 x 78 cm M.N.R.256
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The Annunciation 1506 Oil on canvas, 76 x 78 cm...

Carlos II of Spain (1661-1700). Canvas,81 x 61 cm Cat.197
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Carlos II of Spain (1661-1700). Canvas,81 x 61 cm...

The banquet of Cleopatra,1743/44. Canvas,248 x 256 cm
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The banquet of Cleopatra,1743/44. Canvas,248 x 256 cm

La nymphe de Fontainebleau - the nymph of Fontainebleau,1542-1543 High relief,bronze,205 x 409 cm From the Chateau d'Anet,France.
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La nymphe de Fontainebleau - the nymph of Fontainebleau,1542-1543...