Scene from the History of the Farnese Family

1562 · Sala del Concilio, Palazzo Farnese, Caprarola

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In the two rooms on the piano nobile suited for a larger public, the Sala dei Fasti Farnesiani and the Sala del Concilio, Taddeo Zuccaro painted a cycle depicting, in a total of twenty-three scenes, the history of the Farnese family. The depiction of events from family history already had a long tradition in the Farnese family. Vasari painted a cycle in the Cancellaria, Rome, and Salviati in the Palazzo Farnese, Rome.

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Scene from the History of the Farnese Family

About the Artist

Taddeo Zuccaro

1529 – 1566

Italian Mannerist painter, brother of Federico Zucccaro (c. 1540-1609), from the neighbourhood of Urbino. He worked mainly in Rome and although he was only 37 when he died he had made a great name for himself as a fresco decorator, working most notably for the Farnese family in their palace at Caprarola. His style was based on Michelangelo and Raphael and tended to be rather dry and wooden.

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