TIBALDI, Pellegrino (b. 1527, Puria (Valsolda), d. 1596, Milano) |
The Blinding of Polyphemus (detail)1550-51Fresco Sala di Ulisse, Palazzo Poggi, Bologna | |
In the figure of the giant Polyphemus, whom Odysseus is ramming on the eye with a stake, Tibaldi combines the models of Michelangelo's Adam from the Sistine ceiling and the ancient marble figure of Laocoön. |