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The Fall of Phaethon
Portrait of Francesco I d’Este
Bust of Francesco I d’Este
Bust of Ercole II d'Este
Cello
Boy with thorn
Venus and Love
Double Harp
Venus, Mars and Cupid
Head of an old man
Sacred Love defeating profane Love
The Gonzaga Vase
The Fall of Phaethon
Portrait of Francesco I d’Este
Bust of Francesco I d’Este
Bust of Ercole II d'Este
Cello
Boy with thorn
Venus and Love
Double Harp
Venus, Mars and Cupid
Head of an old man
Sacred Love defeating profane Love
The Gonzaga Vase

The Fall of Phaethon

Jacopo Robusti, detto Tintoretto

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Galleria Estense

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Largo Porta Sant'Agostino, 337, Modena

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The work is part of a series of fourteen octagons with stories taken from the Metformosi of Ovid painted by Jacopo Robusti known as Tintoretto (1518-1594) for the Venetian bank Vettore Pisani in 1541, intended to decorate the ceiling of his bedroom in the Palace Pisani of San Paterniano. In 1658 the Pisan heirs sold the series to Duke Francesco I d'Este, who had it placed in the wooden ceiling of the second parade chamber of the Ducal Palace of Modena. The octagons one of the first great trials of the young Robusti. The remaining tables represent the stories of Jupiter and Europe, Mercury puts Argo, Priapus and Lotides to sleep, Semele incinerated by Jupiter, Deucalion and Pirra, The race of Hippomenes, The massacre of the sons of Niobe, Vulcan, Minerva and Love, 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: Galleria Estense

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