Olympus
1743/1744
Brush and brown ink and brown wash, heightened with white gouache, over graphite, on tan laid paper
90 × 69 cm (35.4 × 27.2 in)
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In the collection of Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · as of July 2026
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FROM THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO’S CATALOG
This large sheet is the final study for Ferrari's ceiling decoration in the Galleria Dorata in Palazzo Carrega-Cataldi, in Genoa, which he completed in 1743-1744. The composition depicts a scene from Book I of Virgil's Aeneid, when the goddess Venus appreaches Jupited on Olympus to lament her son Aeneas's adversities.
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