Theseus Killing the Minotaur

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Theseus Killing the Minotaur
Cima da Conegliano, Teseo uccide il Minotauro.jpg
ArtistCima da Conegliano
Yearc. 1505
MediumOil on panel
Dimensions38.2 centimetres (15.0 in) × 30.8 centimetres (12.1 in)
LocationMuseo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan

Theseus Killing the Minotaur is an oil-on-panel painting by Cima da Conegliano, created c. 1505, now in the Museo Poldi Pezzoli in Milan. It depicts a scene of Greek mythology, when Theseus killed the Minotaur in Crete's labyrinth. [1][2][3]

It measures 38.2 centimetres (15.0 in) by 30.8 centimetres (12.1 in).

References

  1. ^ "Museo Poldi Pezzoli - Case Museo di Milano". Museo Poldi Pezzoli (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-06-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ "Scheda tratta da Mauro Natale, catalogo dei dipinti, Milano 1982" (PDF). www.museopoldipezzoli.it (in Italian). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-10-17.
  3. ^ Et Amicorum: Essays on Renaissance Humanism and Philosophy: in Honour of Jill Kraye. BRILL. 27 November 2017. p. 80. ISBN 978-90-04-35532-3. Retrieved 27 October 2019.