# Minerva, with Two Nymphs, Diana, and Aeolus \(detail\)

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## Artwork

- Artist: [DORIGNY, Louis](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dorigny-louis-r14a36c5ece841b>)
- Date: 1651-1700
- Technique: Fresco

## Commentary

Minerva, with Two Nymphs, Diana, and Aeolus \(detail\) c. 1719 Fresco Villa Allegri Arvedi, Cuzzano di Grezzana This detail of the third scene on the ceiling of the main hall shows Aeolus, who is enveloped in a frightening, vertiginous whirl that seems to have come straight out of the Sistine Chapel.

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## Attribution

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