Pietas and Destiny: Olimpia Pamphilj as Patron of Pietro da Cortana's Council of the Gods
Date and Time
Thursday Sep 20, 2018
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM EDT
Location
The Cornell Fine Arts Museum, 1000 Holt Avenue, Winter Park, FL, 32789
Fees/Admission
Free
Contact Information
Sandy Todd, 407-646-2526
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Description
Presented by Kim Dennis, Ph.D., Professor of Art History,Rollins College and Gretchen Meyers, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Chair of Classics, Franklin & Marshall College. Join Drs. Kim Dennis and Gretchen Meyers for a first look at their collaborative research on the Pietro da Cortona ceiling in Rome’s Palazzo Pamphilj. Drs. Dennis and Meyers will discuss how Cortona’s fresco links an important papal family to the mythical founding of Rome, and an important archival discovery will be revealed.
