The feast of the gods : conservation, examination, and interpretation

Author

Bull, David; Plesters, Joyce

Document type

Journal

Language

English

Collection

Monograph series ; Num. 2.

Source

Studies in the history of art/The feast of the gods : conservation, examination, and interpretation. 1990, Vol. 40, 106 p., ill. (some col.); bibliogr.

ISSN

0091-7338

ISBN

0894681443

Publisher

Dist. by the University Press of New England

Publication country

United States

Abstract (en)

Presents and interprets results of technical analyses of the Feast of the Gods (National Gallery, Washington), painted by Giovanni Bellini in 1514 for the camerino d'alabastro of Alfonso d'Este in the Castello Estense, Ferrara, and partially repainted by Titian in 1529. On the basis of documentary and technical evidence, concludes that Bellini completed the picture, and that it was then altered twice, probably to suit the patron's taste. Reconstructs the first alteration, attributing it on grounds of style to Dosso Dossi, 1514-1519; and identifies in detail Titian's alterations.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Pictorial arts -- Painting and drawing -- Italy
• Bellini, Giovanni, ca.1430-1516
• Tiziano Vecellio, b.1488-1490, d.1576
• Dossi, Dosso (Giovanni de Lutero), ca.1490-after 1541
• Painting
• Italy
• Este, Alfonso I d', duca di Ferrara, 1476-1534
• Patronage
• Alteration
• Feast of the Gods
• National Gallery of Art||Washington, DC (USA)
• Conservation
• Ferrara (ITA)
• Reconstruction [hypothetical]

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Peinture et dessin -- Italie
• Bellini, Giovanni, v.1430-1516
• Tiziano Vecellio, n.1488-1490, m.1576
• Peinture
• Italie
• Este, Alfonso I d', duca di Ferrara, 1476-1534
• Mécénat
• Altération
• Festin des dieux
• National Gallery of Art||Washington, DC (USA)
• Conservation
• Ferrara (ITA)
• Restitution intellectuelle

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19910101-00448048

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