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Portrait of Caterina Balbi Durazzo
Crucified Christ
Charity of St. Lawrence
Sibyl Samia
application
Rape of Proserpina
Bacchus
Fight between Perseus and Phineus
Dead Christ mourned by two angels
Portrait of Giovanni Luca Durazzo
Rape of Proserpina
Adonis
Christ at the column
Dionysus
Bust of Flora
Jupiter and Astrea
The torture of Prometheus
The Triumph of Bacchus
The fame of the Balbi
Putties
Putties
Become a danzanti
Secretary
Mantel clock
The impiety of Niobe
Consol
Night clock

Fight between Perseus and Phineus

Luca Giordano

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Royal Palace of Genoa

Royal Palace of Genoa

Via Balbi, 10, Genoa

Open, closing soon last entry 18:30

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The large canvas represents one of the crucial episodes of the myth of Perseus, son of Zeus and Danae, told in the fifth book of Ovid's Metamorphoses, in which he saves Andromeda, his wife. However, the woman had been promised to Phineus who, to avenge her refusal, bursts into the wedding banquet with a host of warriors. Perseus, represented here on the right, defends himself from aggression by exposing the head of the Gorgon Medusa, who petrifies enemies with her eyes. In front of him is Phineus who tries to protect himself with the shield. At his feet are some of his fallen followers and in the background the terrified guests who cover their eyes to escape the spell. The imposing composition by Luca Giordano, signed on the first step at the bottom left, is full of scenographic inventions and theatrical effects, such as the two columns in the center of the scene with a dark red cloth wrapping around them, useful for dividing the scene.
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Title: Fight between Perseus and Phineus

Author: Luca Giordano

Date: 1680

Technique: Oil painting on canvas

Displayed in: Royal Palace of Genoa

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