File:Plate110 from Wincklemann Monumenti antichi inediti 1767 Peleus waking Thetis from Roman sarcophagus ca 350 AD.jpg
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[edit]DescriptionPlate110 from Wincklemann Monumenti antichi inediti 1767 Peleus waking Thetis from Roman sarcophagus ca 350 AD.jpg |
English: Peleus Waking Thetis - Plate 110, from: Monumenti antichi inediti, by Johann Joachim Winckelmann, 1767 (Roma: A spese dell'autore).
The following description comes from an English translation of "Winckelmann's Images from the Ancient World: Greek, Roman, Etruscan and Egyptian By Johann Joachim Winckelmann": "Plate 110: Marble bas-relief in the Palazzo Mattei, Rome: Thetis consents to wed Peleus (there had been a prophecy that her son would be greater than his father, so she was avoided by fellow immortals); the armed warrior in the center is Peleus, who is walking toward the sleeping Thetis (who was reluctant to marry a mortal); the lion at his feet symbolizes her elusive transformations; seated behind Peleus are Proteus (who favored his suit) and Thetis' father; at the far left is Amphitrite, wife of Oceanus, withe the zodiac above her; the old man lowering a torch toward Thetis may be Morpheus; the nude woman at the lower right is the Earth; at the far right is Juno, goddess of marriage; and assortment of other gods can be seen in the entire back row of figures." On another version of this image uploaded by user:Mcapdevila is the following description: "The first referenced representation of an hourglass it's in a sarcophagus dated ca. 350aD, representing the wedding of Peleus and Thetis, discovered in Rome in the XVIII century, and studied by Winckelmann (1717–1768) |
Date | (drawing) - ca. 350 AD (object) |
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https://archive.org/details/monumentiantichi01winc https://archive.org/details/monumentiantichi01winc/page/n237 |
Author | Johann Joachim Winckelmann |
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