# Procession of Thetis

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## Artwork

- Artist: [BARTOLOMEO DI GIOVANNI](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bartolomeo-di-giovanni-ra2149aff748390>)
- Date: 1451-1500
- Technique: Wood, 42 x 150 cm

## Commentary

Bartolomeo de Giovanni, an associate of Ghirlandaio and Botticelli, earned his reputation as a painter of wedding chests. This painted panel probably adorned the front of one of these chests. The mythological theme is appropriate: Zeus decided to give Thetis \(one of the Nereids, daughters of the sea god Nereus\) in marriage to King Peleus. The panel depicts the procession of Thetis, who is accompanied by two cupids and preceded by a Fortune, whose sail billows with favourable winds.

## Related artworks

- [Madonna and Infant St John the Baptist Adoring the Christ Child with Two Angels](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bartolomeo-di-giovanni-ra2149aff748390/madonna-and-infant-st-john-the-baptist-adoring-the-christ-child-with-two-angels-rd52b2cfa888653>)
- [Pietà](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bartolomeo-di-giovanni-ra2149aff748390/piet-r8e0e1dceeeba80>)
- [Predella: Annunciation](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bartolomeo-di-giovanni-ra2149aff748390/predella-annunciation-rddf8af61a4a022>)
- [Predella: Baptism of Christ](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bartolomeo-di-giovanni-ra2149aff748390/predella-baptism-of-christ-r1066d77bef802e>)
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- [Predella: Deposition](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bartolomeo-di-giovanni-ra2149aff748390/predella-deposition-rbc29f3213420d9>)
- [Predella: Marriage of Mary](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bartolomeo-di-giovanni-ra2149aff748390/predella-marriage-of-mary-reaa65c47bb6beb>)
- [Predella: Martyrdom of St John](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bartolomeo-di-giovanni-ra2149aff748390/predella-martyrdom-of-st-john-r1ffe84cc78f5f6>)
- [Predella: Presentation at the Temple](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bartolomeo-di-giovanni-ra2149aff748390/predella-presentation-at-the-temple-rc175bd63294049>)
- [Scenes from the Life of St John the Baptist](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bartolomeo-di-giovanni-ra2149aff748390/scenes-from-the-life-of-st-john-the-baptist-re84a216e2016e3>)
- [The Adoration of the Magi](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bartolomeo-di-giovanni-ra2149aff748390/the-adoration-of-the-magi-rfc5da89fecbeac>)

## Attribution

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