View of the ceiling

1562 · Stanza dell'Autunno, Palazzo Farnese, Caprarola

historical

The themes painted in the ground floor apartments, intended for various uses by guests, are all taken from classical mythology and are thoroughly appropriate to a country seat. The relatively small paintings are embedded in a decorative system, of grotesques, establishing the overall appearance of this series of rooms. Zuccaro has borrowed here from representations of grotesques by the circle of Raphael.

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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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