Greek Mythology Paintings

Here you can have a look on pictures of famous greek mythology paintings,which are kept in the Ufizzi Gallery, in Florence, Italy.

As you can see, next to each picture there is a small description, where you can read some details about the painting, such as the name of the painting and the name of the artist, the approximate year it was completed, the name of the museum that the painting is now kept and finally some words about its theme.

When you browse, you can see a larger version of any picture by clicking on its image in the gallery. The larger picture loads inside a window on the same page, which you can close by clicking anywhere on the image.

	Name:"Hercules and Antaeus" Museum:Ufizzi Gallery, Florence, Italy Artist and Year:Antonio del Pollaiuolo,1475 Theme:Hercules manages to kill the giant Antaeus on his return from the Apples of Hesperides.
	Name:"Hercules and Lerna Hydra" Museum:Ufizzi Gallery, Florence, Italy Artist and Year:Antonio del Pollaiuolo,ca. 1475 Theme:Hercules tries to kill the Lerna Hydra.
	Name:"Allegory of Spring" Museum:Ufizzi Gallery, Florence, Italy Artist and Year:Sandro Boticelli,ca. 1482 Theme:Wind god Zephyros pursues his wife to be nymph Chlorida, while Aphrodite and the Three Graces are dancing in a garden in Spring.
	Name:"Athena and Centaur" Museum:Ufizzi Gallery, Florence, Italy Artist and Year:Sandro Boticelli,ca. 1482 Theme:Goddess Athena, trying to tame a Centaur.
	Name:"Birth of Aphrodite" Museum:Ufizzi Gallery, Florence, Italy Artist and Year:Sandro Boticelli,ca. 1484 Theme:The birth of Aphrodite on the island of Cythera.
	Name:"Perseus rescues Andromeda" Museum:Ufizzi Gallery, Florence, Italy Artist and Year:Piero di Kosimo,ca. 1513 Theme:Perseus rescues Andromeda, by killing the sea monster.
	Name:"Aphrodite of Urbino" Museum:Ufizzi Gallery, Florence, Italy Artist and Year:Tiziano,1538 Theme:Portrait of goddess Aphrodite resting on her bed.
	Name:"Hephaestus' Workshop" Museum:Ufizzi Gallery, Florence, Italy Artist and Year:Giorgio Vasari,ca. 1564 Theme:Goddess Athena meets god Hephaestus in his workshop.
	Name:"Leda and the Swan" Museum:Ufizzi Gallery, Florence, Italy Artist and Year:Giacobo Tintorreto,ca. 1560 Theme:God Zeus approaches Leda by transforming himself into a swan.
	Name:"Dionysus" Museum:Ufizzi Gallery, Florence, Italy Artist and Year:Caravaggio,ca. 1597 Theme:Portrait of young godDionysus.

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