# Allegory of the Creation

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## Artwork

- Artist: [ZUCCHI, Jacopo](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/zucchi-jacopo-r23b3a4d4e7e278>)
- Date: 1551-1600
- Technique: Oil on copper, 55 x 45 cm

## Commentary

Allegory of the Creation c. 1585 Oil on copper, 55 x 45 cm Galleria Borghese, Rome The elegant Allegory of the Creation and The Coral Fishers \(also in the Galleria Borghese\) by Jacopo Zucchi formerly decorated Cardinal Ferdinando&#39;s studiolo in the Villa Medici in Rome. &lt;P&gt; &lt;TABLE ALIGN=LEFT CELLPADDING=5 BORDER=1 WIDTH=320 BGCOLOR=&#34;\#99CCCC&#34;&gt; &lt;TR VALIGN=MIDDLE&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;IMG SRC=&#34;/support/gif/listen.gif&#34; BORDER=0 VALIGN=MIDDLE&gt; Suggested listening \(streaming mp3, 12 minutes\):&lt;BR&gt;&lt;A HREF=&#34;\#&#34; onClick=&#34;w=window.open \(&#39;/music1/18\_cent/haydn\_creation.html&#39;, &#39;newWin&#39;, &#39;scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350&#39;\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return true&#34;&gt;&lt;B&gt;Joseph Haydn: The Creation, introduction and aria&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;/TABLE&gt;

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- [The Coral Fishers \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/zucchi-jacopo-r23b3a4d4e7e278/the-coral-fishers-detail-r5861f31e739d1d>)
- [The Coral Fishers](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/zucchi-jacopo-r23b3a4d4e7e278/the-coral-fishers-r64973b0bab7c87>)
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- [The Golden Age](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/zucchi-jacopo-r23b3a4d4e7e278/the-golden-age-rf622a8fa6b749a>)
- [The Miracle of the Snow](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/zucchi-jacopo-r23b3a4d4e7e278/the-miracle-of-the-snow-r8e7710657735ed>)
- [The Silver Age](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/zucchi-jacopo-r23b3a4d4e7e278/the-silver-age-r8c68136df99bd6>)
- [The Toilet of Bathsheba](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/zucchi-jacopo-r23b3a4d4e7e278/the-toilet-of-bathsheba-r7f5c140d3034bd>)
- [View of the Galleria](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/zucchi-jacopo-r23b3a4d4e7e278/view-of-the-galleria-r1aa725a19db257>)

## Attribution

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