Ceiling fresco (detail)
1711 · Ca' Dolfin in San Pantalon, Venice
mythologicalThe groups of figures comprising The Apotheosis of Venice are surrounded by a pile of Virtues and good-natured deities, including a Mercury who skips about, winking with amusement. They sit comfortably on soft clouds, from which the smiling face of a dolphin emerges - heraldic symbol of the family. On its back rides a sensual Amphitrite, wife of Neptune.
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