Figure 185

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TitleVenus and Anchises

Creator nameCarracci, Annibale

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1597–1604

Object typePainting

LocationPalazzo Farnese, Rome

SubjectsPainting, Renaissance--ItalyMythology, Roman, in artPalazzo Farnese (Rome, Italy)Venus deities in art

StatusVault, Gallery

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Chapter 7: The End of the Century in Rome

Marcia B. Hall

After Raphael: Painting in Central Italy in the Sixteenth Century

The counter-reformation entered a new phase with the pontificate of Sixtus V (1585–90). It moved beyond a defensive position to seize definitively the offensive and declare the Church triumphant. One scholar has found that the rhetoric regarding the city changed at just this point. In the funeral oration for...

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Marcia B. Hall

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.257-291

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-100114&redirecttoanchor=201830

Chapter subject tags:Painting, Renaissance--ItalyRome--HistoryPapacy--HistorySixtus V, Pope, 1520-1590Counter-Reformation in artJesuits--History--16th centuryBarocci, Federigo, 1528-1612Altarpieces, Renaissance--Italy--RomeCaravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da, 1573-1610Raphael, 1483-1520Prints, Renaissance--ItalyCarracci, Agostino, 1557-1602

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