Attack of the Giants on the Realm of Gods carpet design Pieter Schenk I

Pieter Schenk I

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exhaling his final breath

part of the dedication with allegorical figures can be seen

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Attack of the Giants on the Realm of Gods carpet design Pieter Schenk IAanval van de Giganten op de godenwereld, 1728 Hendrick Goltzius This riveting scene depicts the Giants, emerging from the earth and mountains, attempting to conquer the heavens that house the Olympian gods. Among these gods are Jupiter and Minerva, who fiercely retaliate with weapons such as spears, lightning, and tridents. To the left, some Titans are being crushed by fragments of a mountain. The image is accompanied by two sets of Latin verse