Fall of the Giants, Attributed to Girolamo Fagiuoli, ca. 1530s–40s

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Fall of the Giants, ca. 1530s–40s, Engraving, sheet: 13 3/8 x 22 3/8 in. (34 x cm) trimmed to platemark, Prints, Attributed to Girolamo Fagiuoli (Italian, active Bologna, by 1539, died 1574 Bologna), After Perino del Vaga (Pietro Buonaccorsi) (Italian, Florence 1501–1547 Rome), In the mid-sixteenth century, the story of Jupiter overcoming the Giants' uprising was often associated with the victories of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V (r. 1519–56) over the Protestant rebellion. Such was the case with the vault painted in about 1533 by Perino del Vaga (Pietro Buonaccorsi) in a chamber that served as a temporary throne room for the emperor in Andrea Doria's Genoese palace

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Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
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