# Neptune and the Ship of Odysseus \(scene 4\)

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## Artwork

- Artist: [TIBALDI, Pellegrino](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/tibaldi-pellegrino-r05fe54e67e9b61>)
- Date: 1551-1600
- Technique: Fresco

## Commentary

The cycle continues with the scene above the entry wall, in which Tibaldi tells the fateful consequence of the gift of the winds. As their ship nears their homeland of Ithaca and Odysseus sleeps, the companions, full of curiosity, open the bag of winds in secret. The escaping unfavourable winds push the ship back into the sea for new, long travels. In the foreground a relaxed Neptune, another giant, rests on his chariot, while to the left a dramatic group of horses of the sea rears up in view of the approaching winds. Neptune - without looking - controls the horses with the touch of his big toe.

## Related artworks

- [Adoration of the Christ Child](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/tibaldi-pellegrino-r05fe54e67e9b61/adoration-of-the-christ-child-r557613597a221d>)
- [Aelos Gives Odysseus the Bag of Winds \(scene 3\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/tibaldi-pellegrino-r05fe54e67e9b61/aelos-gives-odysseus-the-bag-of-winds-scene-3-r72e6cc80243e54>)
- [Annunciation of the Birth of John the Baptist](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/tibaldi-pellegrino-r05fe54e67e9b61/annunciation-of-the-birth-of-john-the-baptist-rf4d93d16acb87b>)
- [Ignudo](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/tibaldi-pellegrino-r05fe54e67e9b61/ignudo-r5727f06ac60a55>)
- [Ignudo](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/tibaldi-pellegrino-r05fe54e67e9b61/ignudo-ra6b9e0ec1a6726>)
- [Martyrdom of St Lawrence](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/tibaldi-pellegrino-r05fe54e67e9b61/martyrdom-of-st-lawrence-ree0df599fe8de0>)
- [Odysseus and Circe \(scene 5\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/tibaldi-pellegrino-r05fe54e67e9b61/odysseus-and-circe-scene-5-re0a068f8ef2493>)
- [Odysseus and Ino Leucothea \(scene 8\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/tibaldi-pellegrino-r05fe54e67e9b61/odysseus-and-ino-leucothea-scene-8-rb07ef0fda3d639>)
- [Odysseus at the Court of the Phaeacians \(scene 9\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/tibaldi-pellegrino-r05fe54e67e9b61/odysseus-at-the-court-of-the-phaeacians-scene-9-r2ce050be2f4442>)
- [Polyphemus and the Flight of the Greeks \(scene 2\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/tibaldi-pellegrino-r05fe54e67e9b61/polyphemus-and-the-flight-of-the-greeks-scene-2-r0242c9921288ee>)
- [Shipwreck \(scene 7\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/tibaldi-pellegrino-r05fe54e67e9b61/shipwreck-scene-7-r1555314d50fcb3>)
- [The Blinding of Polyphemus \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/tibaldi-pellegrino-r05fe54e67e9b61/the-blinding-of-polyphemus-detail-r604768c77aced4>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)