Re: What are the documents for Marziano's dates?
211Hercules is opposed to Jupiter in the same category (virtues). Hercules is the youngest child of Jupiter.
Amor is opposed to Venus in the same category (pleasures). Amor is the most important son of Venus.
Such good relations can't easily be stated for the pairs Juno/Aeolos and Athena/Daphne. Reason to think about them.
The upper 2 rows (virtues and riches) contain 7 male figures. This looks, as if somebody had originally the idea to have 8 male figures in the 2 top rows and 8 female figures im the 2 bottom rows. But then he got another idea, possibly caused by the idea of the triad Jupiter - Juno - Minerva (the Capitoline triad) in the first column, which was added with the figure of Venus at the 4th position. With that Juno (female) got the position Nr. 2 inside the male domain (the 2 top rows).
Possibly this Venus addition had the background, that Visconti had Jupiter paired with Venus as ancestors.
:-) ... but that's not all
Huck
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