Kopf des Jupiter und Neptun aus der Farnesina, 1518

Title

Kopf des Jupiter und Neptun aus der Farnesina

Draughtsman

• Unknown, 16th century ?

Inventor

• after Raphael

Period Produced

• 16th century

School

• High Renaissance

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• chalk
• red chalk
• Vergé paper

Technique

• chalk drawing
• red chalk drawing
• white heightening

Geographic Reference

• Central Italian

Production Reason

• study
• study after a ceiling painting?
• copy after a drawing?

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Bezeichnet unten rechts (mit der Feder in Braun): scriv[...] / saec e moni auere leggi delibberarono / mandare a chi ed cile [?] / per il philosofo [...] preste[...] monito / ritornato int[...] / messe i[...] pia[...] / poiche [...]

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• historical narration
• mythological representation

Persons Shown

• Jupiter
• Neptune

Primary

• 92H gods of the waters: Neptune and his environment
• 92B1 (story of) Jupiter (Zeus)
• 31A221 head (human)

Alternative Attribution

• style of Federico Zuccari draughtsman; by note on mount
• Giuseppe Cesari ? draughtsman; by note on mount