The Wedding of Peleus and Thetis

Ambito di Francesco Albani (1578-1660)

This painting has been interpreted in a number of ways, but scholars currently agree that it shows the wedding of Peleus, of Greek mythology, and the sea-nymph Thetis: from their marriage came the celebrated Greek hero Achilles. The scene shows the moment when the nymph is led, by a putto holding the nuptial flame, to Peleus. He greets her and takes her to the bridal bed, shown on the right, where other winged putti pull back the curtains. At the bottom left, there is another mythological figure, probably a nymph, blindfolded.

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• TITLE

  The Wedding of Peleus and Thetis

• AUTHOR

  Ambito di Francesco Albani (1578-1660)

• INVENTARIO

  729

• DATE

  c. 1650

• TYPE

  Painting

• TECNIQUE

  Oil on copper

• DIMENSIONS

  95 × 140 cm

• SUBJECT

  Grand genre

• SCUOLA PITTORICA

  17th century painting

• ROOM

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