Detail of the vault: lunette representing Venus who obtains Mercury's availability from Zeus, Chamber of...

Detail of the vault: lunette representing Venus who obtains Mercury's availability from Zeus, Chamber of Cupid and Psyche (Sala di Amore e Psiche), 1526-1528

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Artist

Romano, Giulio (1492-1546) (and workshop) / Italian

Location

Palazzo del Te, Mantua, Italy

Medium

fresco

Date

1526 AD (C16th AD)

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Mantova, Palazzo Te (Residenza estiva dei Gonzaga), Sala di Amore e Psiche: la volta, con affreschi di Giulio Romano e aiuti (1526 - 1528). I ventidue passi illustrati da Giulio Romano a Palazzo Te sono tratti dalle Metamorfosi di Apuleio, scrittore latino del II secolo d. C. Particolare della volta: lunetta con Venere che ottiene da Giove la disponibilità di Mercurio. Mantua, Palazzo Te (Gonzaga's summer residence), Sala di Amore e Psiche: view of the vault, with frescoes by Giulio Romano and his assistants (1526 - 1528). Giulio Romano got his inspiration from Apuleius' Metamorphoses. Detail of the vault: lunette representing Venus who obtains Mercury's availability from Zeus.

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