# Polyphemus [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [SEBASTIANO DEL PIOMBO]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Fresco ## Commentary In the Loggia di Galatea of the Villa Farnesina, Sebastiano del Piombo depicted the cyclops Polyphemus sitting on a charming, idyllic coastline with a dog, a flute, sand a shepherd's crook. He is looking longingly at the sea, out to the right, where in the adjacent field of the wall <A onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/r/raphael/5roma/1/05farne0.html'\)" HREF="/html/r/raphael/5roma/1/05farne0.html">Raphael depicted the voyage of the nereid Galatea.</A> Sebastiano's Polyphemus is a Venetian painting of mood, rich in atmosphere, treated in an airy and loose style. ## Related artworks - [A Young Roman Woman]() - [Birth of the Virgin]() - [Christ Carrying the Cross]() - [Christ Descends into Limbo]() - [Death of Adonis]() - [Flagellation of Christ]() - [Holy Family with a Donor and the Infant St John \(recto\)]() - [Lamentation of Christ \(detail\)]() - [Lamentation of Christ]() - [Martyrdom of St Agatha]() - [Pietà]() - [Pope Clement VII]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()