# Feast of the Gods

- By: Alessandro Vittoria (Italian, 1525–1608)
- Date: c. 1571–78
- Medium: bronze
- Classification: Sculpture
- Dimensions: Overall: 34.3 x 22.2 cm (13 1/2 x 8 3/4 in.)
- Culture: Italy
- Credit line: John L. Severance Fund
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1952.464)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1952.464/1952.464_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Banquets of the gods were common literary devices in classical texts and myth, and their use here enmeshed with the desire to capture the sensuality of the body and water in motion.