# Ceiling painting

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## Artwork

- Artist: [CORTONA, Pietro da](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cortona-pietro-da-rc7a3e7228c7698>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Fresco

## Commentary

The picture shows the the ceiling decoration in the Sala di Venere \(Hall of Venus\). In the centre The Youthful Hero Is Torn from the Arms of Venus by Apollo is depicted.

## Related artworks

- [Age of Bronze](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cortona-pietro-da-rc7a3e7228c7698/age-of-bronze-rb15132e1668261>)
- [Age of Iron](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cortona-pietro-da-rc7a3e7228c7698/age-of-iron-rce1ef2549488bc>)
- [Apotheose of Aeneas \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cortona-pietro-da-rc7a3e7228c7698/apotheose-of-aeneas-detail-r0fdaa34d343548>)
- [Augustus and the Sibyl](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cortona-pietro-da-rc7a3e7228c7698/augustus-and-the-sibyl-r248515e0fd1d33>)
- [Ceiling fresco in the Sala di Saturno](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cortona-pietro-da-rc7a3e7228c7698/ceiling-fresco-in-the-sala-di-saturno-r14484cd2ab2670>)
- [Ceiling of the Galleria Pamphilj](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cortona-pietro-da-rc7a3e7228c7698/ceiling-of-the-galleria-pamphilj-rc29414c81472d8>)
- [Ceiling painting \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cortona-pietro-da-rc7a3e7228c7698/ceiling-painting-detail-r6e9d7cea8a94e3>)
- [Ceiling painting \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cortona-pietro-da-rc7a3e7228c7698/ceiling-painting-detail-r8df6687fb1cd5d>)
- [Ceiling painting \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cortona-pietro-da-rc7a3e7228c7698/ceiling-painting-detail-red3c2ed57464ba>)
- [Ceiling painting](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cortona-pietro-da-rc7a3e7228c7698/ceiling-painting-r19f61c7937d941>)
- [Ceiling painting](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cortona-pietro-da-rc7a3e7228c7698/ceiling-painting-r3a702507be60f3>)
- [Ceiling painting](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cortona-pietro-da-rc7a3e7228c7698/ceiling-painting-r3b155ff05a5a34>)

## Attribution

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