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The fall of Phaethon
Portrait of Francesco I
Portrait of Francesco I
Bust of Hercules II d'Este
Cello
The Boy with the Thorn - Spinario
Venus and Love
Este harp
Venus, Mars, and Cupid
Old man's head
Sacred Love and Profane Love
Gonzaga Vase
The fall of Phaethon
Portrait of Francesco I
Portrait of Francesco I
Bust of Hercules II d'Este
Cello
The Boy with the Thorn - Spinario
Venus and Love
Este harp
Venus, Mars, and Cupid
Old man's head
Sacred Love and Profane Love
Gonzaga Vase

The fall of Phaethon

Jacopo Robusti, detto Tintoretto

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Estense Gallery

Estense Gallery

Largo Porta Sant'Agostino, 337, Modena

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The work is part of a series of fourteen octagons with stories taken from Ovid's Metamorphoses painted by Jacopo Robusti, known as Tintoretto (1518-1594), for the Venetian banker Vettore Pisani in 1541, intended to decorate the ceiling of his bedroom in the Pisani Palace of San Paterniano. In 1658, the Pisani heirs sold the series to Duke Francesco I d'Este, who had it inserted into the wooden ceiling of the second ceremonial room of the Ducal Palace of Modena. The octagons are one of the first great works of the young Robusti. The remaining panels depict the stories of Jupiter and Europa, Mercury puts Argus to sleep, Priapus and Lotis, Semele incinerated by Jupiter, Deucalion and Pyrrha, The race of Hippomenes, The slaughter of the children of Niobe, Vulcan, Minerva and Cupid, Apollo and Daphne, The goddess Latona, Orpheus implores Pluto, Pyramus and Thisbe, The Judgment of Midas.
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Title: The fall of Phaethon

Author: Jacopo Robusti, detto Tintoretto

Date: 1541-1542

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Displayed in: Estense Gallery

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