Medici Riccardi Palace, Gallery of Mirrors (or Room Luca Giordano): “Transport to the Underworld”; detail of the vault. Frescoes by Luca Giordano; 1682 - 1685. Pluto transports several people to the underworld on a boat. Charon appears in the scene on the boat, Death personified, behind Pluto, with the scythe and the deceased souls. Palazzo Medici Riccardi, Firenze (FI) - Florence, Toscana - Tuscany, Italia - Italy
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Medici Riccardi Palace, Gallery of Mirrors (or Room Luca Giordano): “Transport to the Underworld”; detail of the vault.
Frescoes by Luca Giordano; 1682 - 1685.

Pluto transports several people to the underworld on a boat. Charon appears in the scene on the boat, Death personified, behind Pluto, with the scythe and the deceased souls.
Palazzo Medici Riccardi, Firenze (FI) - Florence, Toscana - Tuscany, Italia - Italy

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Jul 20, 2017

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Medici Riccardi Palace Fresco Art Boat Baroque Charon God Divinity Florence Il Seicento 17th Century Underworld Italy Luca Giordano Mythology Death Olympus Artwork Palazzo Medici Riccardi Painting Tuscany Vault

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