Feast of the Gods
c. 1571–1578
Alessandro Vittoria
Alessandro Vittoria (Italian, 1525–1608)
European Painting and Sculpture
Feast of the Gods, c. 1571–1578. Probably by Alessandro Vittoria (Italian, 1525–1608). Bronze; overall: 34.3 x 22.2 cm (13 1/2 x 8 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1952.464 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.
- Maker/Artist
- Vittoria, Alessandro
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Formatted Medium
- bronze
- Medium
- bronze
- Dimensions
- Overall: 34.3 x 22.2 cm (13 1/2 x 8 3/4 in.)
- Departments
- European Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 1952.464
- Credit Line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 117A Italian Renaissance
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