Victory, Janus, Chronos and Gaea

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Victory, Janus, Chronos and Gaea

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Giulio Romano (Giulio Pippi)

Italian Artist · 1499–1546

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Giulio Romano was so famous in the century after his death that he is the only "modern" artist mentioned by Shakespeare in a play. A Roman native, by about 1515 he was working for Raphael in the Vatican, eventually becoming the master's most trusted aide. Raphael's late works indicate the increasing torsion and tension that Mannerist artists like Giulio would bring to full flower, ideas that Giuli

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Two Roman gods and a goddess, accompanied by a Victory, peer down from the edge of a bank of clouds. On the left, holding a large key, is Janus, the guardian of the doorways of houses and city gates. He is traditionally portrayed with two faces, demonstrating his ability to look both ways at once. In the center, the bearded figure of Chronos personifies Time. In one hand he holds a scythe, while a snake gripping its tail in its mouth wraps itself around his neck. Such a snake holding its tail was an ancient Egyptian symbol of eternity. Gaea, the goddess of the Earth, crouches at Chronos's feet with another snake grasped in her right hand. The winged figure of Victory, her hair streaming out to the side, stands behind these three and holds out a crown in her left hand. Giulio Romano made this drawing in preparation for part of the frescoed vault of the Sala dei Giganti (Room of the Giants) in the Palazzo del Te, the summer residence of the court of Giulio's patron, Federico Gonzaga, duke of Mantua. Giulio completed the preparatory drawings for the fresco, and his assistants then squared them for transfer to the ceiling.

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Artist/Maker
Giulio Romano (Giulio Pippi)
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https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/103R74
Date
about 1532–1534
Medium
Pen and brown ink and wash over black chalk
Culture
Italian
Object Type
Drawing

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Object Type
Drawing
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Creator
Giulio Romano (Giulio Pippi)
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Culture
Italian
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Medium
Pen and brown ink and wash over black chalk
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Drawings
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Date
about 1532–1534
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1532
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1534
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