The Triumph of Galatea

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The Triumph of Galatea is a celebrated fresco by the Italian Renaissance master Raphael, depicting the sea nymph Galatea in a dynamic mythological seascape.

Aliases (2)

Statements (46)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Renaissance painting
fresco
artHistoricalPeriod Venetian Renaissance
surface form: "Italian Renaissance"
artist Raphael NERFINISHED
artworkSurface wall
city Rome
collection Villa Farnesina decorative cycle
commissionedBy Agostino Chigi
completionDate circa 1512
country Italy
creator Raphael NERFINISHED
depicts Galatea
allegory of triumph of love
movement of waves
mythological scene
putti
sea creatures
sea nymph
seascape
tritons
genre mythological painting
hasArtisticSchool Roman school of painting
surface form: "Roman school of Raphael"
hasCulturalContext papal Rome in the early 16th century
hasInfluenceOn later mythological painting in the Renaissance
hasSubject Galatea from Greek mythology
surface form: "Galatea riding a shell chariot"

sea nymphs and marine deities
hasType wall painting
inception circa 1512
inspiredBy classical mythology
story of Galatea and Polyphemus
languageOfTitle Italian
locatedIn Rome
location Villa Farnesina
materialUsed fresco technique
movement High Renaissance
notableFor dynamic composition
idealized female nude
integration of classical motifs
use of vibrant color
partOf decoration of Villa Farnesina loggia
patronageType private commission
region Lazio
setInPeriod mythological antiquity
significance major work in Raphael’s Roman period
style idealized classicism
titleInItalian The Triumph of Galatea
surface form: "Il Trionfo di Galatea"

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Acis and Galatea (libretto) includesCharacter The Triumph of Galatea
this entity surface form: "Galatea"
Doris motherOf The Triumph of Galatea
this entity surface form: "Galatea"
Raphael notableWork The Triumph of Galatea
The Triumph of Galatea titleInItalian The Triumph of Galatea
this entity surface form: "Il Trionfo di Galatea"

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