Sacred Art & Iconography
The Castration of Coelus (Uranus) by Saturn (Cronus) (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 51.501.689)
Etching, Giovanni Battista Galestruzzi, 1640 to 1660, after Polidoro da Caravaggio, Metropolitan Museum of Art 51.501.689
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An etching titled "The Castration of Coelus (Uranus) by his son, Saturn (Cronus)," by Giovanni Battista Galestruzzi, 1640 to 1660, after Polidoro da Caravaggio, showing Coelus seated at left, Saturn at right, and Gaea standing in the background, the scene in which Cronus overthrows and castrates his father Uranus at his mother Gaia's urging. Held today by the Metropolitan Museum of Art under accession 51.501.689, Drawings and Prints department, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951.
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This source names Cronus directly: "of Coelus (Uranus) by his son, Saturn (Cronus)," by Giovanni Battista Galestruzzi, 1640 to 1660, after Polidoro da Caravaggio, showing Coelus seated at left, Saturn at right, and Gaea standing in..."
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The Met's own title for this etching names the subject outright, glossing the Roman "Saturn" with the Greek name "Cronus" in parenthesis, a direct identification rather than a bare thematic tag.
The Met's own title for this etching names the subject outright, glossing the Roman "Coelus" with the Greek name "Uranus" in parenthesis, a direct identification rather than a bare thematic tag.
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