Giants crushed by rocks and the falling columns of the temple, clouds of smoke above, Poseidon in his chariot to left in the background, two spaces at left for doorways, from 'Giove che fulmina li giganti', after the frescoes on the ceiling of the Sala dei Giganti designed by Giulio Romano for the Palazzo del Te, Mantua
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: 'Giove che fulmina li giganti'
Artist: Pietro Santi Bartoli|Giulio Romano
Artist bio: Italian, Perugia 1615–1700 Rome|Italian, Rome 1499?–1546 Mantua
Artist role: Artist|Artist
Artist nationality: Italian|Italian
Date: ca. 1680
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: sheet: 7 9/16 x 11 1/4 in. (19.2 x 28.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession year: 2012
Tags: Columns|Crowd