# Assembly of the Gods [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [VOUET, Simon]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 55 x 70 cm ## Commentary This oil sketch depicting the Assembly of the Gods is related to Vouet's design for the ceiling of the Gallery of Ulysses at the hôtel de Bullion in Paris. The ceiling was part of a large decorative scheme for the hôtel, also involving the sculptor Jacques Sarazin. As part of the decorations, Vouet painted a series of 24 scenes depicting the adventures of Ulysses. Today, neither the hôtel nor any of the finished paintings are extant. ## Related artworks - [Allegorical Portrait of Anna of Austria as Minerva]() - [Allegory of Peace]() - [Allegory of Virtue]() - [Allegory of Wealth]() - [Annunciation]() - [Birth of the Virgin]() - [Crucifixion]() - [Crucifixion]() - [Diana]() - [Eight Satyrs Admiring the Anamorphosis of an Elephant]() - [Euterpe, the Muse of Music and Lyric Poetry]() - [Father Time Overcome by Love, Hope and Beauty]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()