File:Caught between a rock and a hard place.jpg

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Author
Alessandro Allori  (1535–1607)  wikidata:Q333369
 
Alessandro Allori
Alternative names
Alessandro di Christofano di Lorenzo Allori; Il Bronzino (II); Alessandro del Bronzino; Alessandro Bronzino Allori
Description Italian painter, fresco painter, designer and writer
Date of birth/death 31 May 1535 Edit this at Wikidata 22 September 1607 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Florence Florence
Work period 1552 Edit this at Wikidata–1607 Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
Florence (1552-1554), Rome (1554-1559), Florence (1560-1607), Pisa (1581)
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q333369
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Description
English: painting of Odysseus's boat passing between the six-headed monster Scylla and the whirlpool Charybdis. Scylla has plucked Five of Odysseus's men from the boat. The painting is an Italian fresco.
Date circa 1575
date QS:P571,+1575-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium fresco
medium QS:P186,Q25631150
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http://www.mitchellteachers.org/WorldHistory/AncientGreece/DiscoveringReferencestoGreekMythology.htm

http://expositions.bnf.fr/lamer/grand/324.htm

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