1500 – 1600
End of the Renaissance and the Reformation

Bellini's and Titian's The Feast of the Gods

Giovanni Bellini and Titian, The Feast of the Gods, 1514 and 1529, oil on canvas
(National Gallery of Art)

Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris, Dr. Steven Zucker

Part of a mythological cycle painted by Titian and Giovanni Bellini and commissioned
by Alfonso d'Este, Duke of Ferrara that includes Bacchus and Ariadne and the Andrians.
Originally hung in the studiolo or Camerini d'Alabastro of the Duke's Ferranese castle.

Please also see our video on Bellini's Saint Francis in Ecstacy at the Frick Collection

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Where and When

Venetian Renaissance
Venice, Italy
1514 and 1529

Check this out as well

This painting at the National Gallery of Art

IDEA/WebExhibits's excellent site

Titian Tintoretto Veronese exhibition at the MFA

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