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The image shows a group of people seated around a table. They are depicted in classical attire and various positions, some interacting with the feast and holding different objects. A central figure is playing a lyre. Two cherubs are hovering above the table, and there are detailed peacock and eagle figures in the scene. The background features swirling clouds.
National Gallery of Art · Print
Banquet of the Gods at the Wedding of Peleus and Thetis
Jacques de Gheyn II, after Crispen van den Broecke
- Date
- 1589
- Medium
- engraving on laid paper
- Dimensions
- sheet: 33.1 x 48.3 cm (13 1/16 x 19 in.) (trimmed within plate mark)
- Classification
- Accession number
- 2012.92.515
- Credit line
- Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen
- Time span
- 1551 to 1600
- Department
- CG-E
Subjects and terms
- Seated figure
- Nude
- Table
- Food
- Cherub
Provenance
(Hill-Stone Fine Prints & Drawings, New York); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased November 6, 2007; Gift to NGA, 2012.
Inscription
in image, at bottom left: CVBroeck. Inuent. Ao 1589 / IDGheyn. Sculptor / J. Pitten. exc; below image, at bottom: Dum conuiuatum placidé numerosa Deorum / Turba sedet, gaudens nectare et Ambrosia: / Ecce superuenit tanquam Dauus omnia turbans, / Inuidia, Erroris ducta sunul nebula. / Hoc pacto (:beu:) tandem peruertitor Ordo / Mole sua secum tristia quae que trahens.
NGA object ID 153926. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.