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Peruzzi, Baldassare (1481-1536)

(and workshop): The Hall of Perspectives [Sala delle Prospettive]: The ample frieze with mythological scenes inspired by the Ovid's Metamorphoses. 1517-1518. Close-up of Deucalion and Pyrrha throwing stones. Once the deluge was over and the couple had given thanks to Zeus, Deucalion (said in several of the sources to have been aged 82 at the time) consulted an oracle of Themis about how to repopulate the earth. He was told to cover his head and throw the bones of his mother behind his shoulder. Deucalion and Pyrrha understood that "mother" is Gaia, the mother of all living things, and the "bones" to be rocks. They threw the rocks behind their shoulders and the stones formed people. Pyrrha's became women; Deucalion's became men.

Location Villa Farnesina/Rome/Italy

Unique Identifier ART589783

Type Image

Purpose Public

Size 8128px × 5408px

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