Feast of the Gods

Description

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.

Provenance

Jean-Paul Bignon (1662-1743); Steven de Marczibányi, 1752-1810 (Budapest, Hungary); Anthony de Rakovsky (Budapest, Hungary); Dr. Emil Delmar (Budapest, Hungary), sold to R. Stora & Co., 1952.; R. Stora & Co. (New York, New York), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1952.

Feast of the Gods

Alessandro Vittoria

c. 1571–1578

Accession Number

1952.464

Medium

bronze

Dimensions

Overall: 34.3 x 22.2 cm (13 1/2 x 8 3/4 in.)

Classification

Sculpture

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

John L. Severance Fund