All the title figures are paying attention to the actions of Priapus, though the nymphs and satyrs carry on their serving duties.
It was the first of a series of paintings commissioned by Alfonso d'Este to decorate the camerino d'alabastro, or alabaster study of his Ferrara castle. The ass on the left is supposedly braying in response to amorous advances made against the sleeping nymph Lotis, on the right. All the title figures are paying attention to the actions of Priapus, though the nymphs and satyrs carry on their serving duties. Taken from a scene in Ovid's Fasti, it shows Jupiter, Neptune, Apollo, and others making merry in a pastoral setting. FTP, identify this Giovanni Bellini painting.
It was the first of a series of paintings commissioned by Alfonso d'Este to decorate the camerino d'alabastro, or alabaster study of his Ferrara castle.
The Feast of the Gods