Theseus Killing the Minotaur explained

Artist:Cima da Conegliano
Year:c. 1505
Medium:Oil on panel
Dimensions:38.2cm (15inches) × 30.8cm (12.1inches)
Museum:Museo Poldi Pezzoli
City: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 38.2cm (15inches) by 30.8cm (12.1inches).

References

  1. Web site: Museo Poldi Pezzoli - Case Museo di Milano. 2020-06-09. Museo Poldi Pezzoli. it.
  2. Web site: Scheda tratta da Mauro Natale, catalogo dei dipinti, Milano 1982. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20191017202432/http://www.museopoldipezzoli.it/userfiles/d_t_55.pdf. 2019-10-17. www.museopoldipezzoli.it. it.
  3. Book: Et Amicorum: Essays on Renaissance Humanism and Philosophy: in Honour of Jill Kraye. 27 October 2019. 27 November 2017. BRILL. 978-90-04-35532-3. 80.