Fall of the Giants, ca. 1530s–40s, Engraving, sheet: 13 3/8 x 22 3/8 in. (34 x 56.8 cm) trimmed to platemark, Prints, Attributed to Girolamo Fagiuoli (Italian, active Bologna, by 1539, died 1574 Bologna), After Perino del Vaga (Pietro Buonaccorsi) (Italian, Florence 1501–1547 Rome), In the mid-sixteenth century, the story of Jupiter overcoming the Giants' uprising was often associated with the victories of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V (r. 1519–56) over the Protestant rebellion. Such was the case with the vault painted in about 1533 by Perino del Vaga (Pietro Buonaccorsi) in a chamber that served as a temporary throne room for the emperor in Andrea Doria's Genoese palace
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Fall, Giants, ca, 1530s–40s, Engraving, sheet, 13 3/8 x 22 3/8, 34 56.8 cm, trimmed, platemark, Prints, Attributed to Girolamo Fagiuoli, Italian, active Bologna, by, 1539, died, 1574, Bologna, After Perino del Vaga, Pietro Buonaccorsi, Florence, 1501–1547, Rome, mid-sixteenth century, story, Jupiter overcoming, uprising, associated, victories, Holy Roman Emperor, Charles, V, r, 1519–56, Protestant rebellion, case, vault painted, 1533, Perino del, Vaga, chamber, served, temporary throne, room, emperor, Andrea Doria, Genoese palace
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