| Abstrakt: |
The article examines a cycle of mid-16th-century paintings by Italian artist Battista Dossi, which depict the times of day and allegorical representations of ancient Greek and Roman mythology. The author situates the significance of the paintings, which were commissioned by Ercole II d'Este, the Duke of Ferrara, Italy, within the broader cultural history of their time. Issues discussed include the possibility that images from the cycle thought lost are in fact two paintings by Dossi's collaborators Girolamo da Carpi and Garofalo, the political symbolism of the artworks, and the figure of ancient deities Aurora, Apollo, and Ganymede, among others, in art. |
