Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART: Palazzo Altemps: Frescoes of the Story of Moses
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Palazzo Altemps: Frescoes of the Story of Moses
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Alternate Title:
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Palazzo Altemps: Sala dei Palafrenieri Frescoes
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Image View:
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Detail, large allegorical figure flanking Moses scene
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Creator:
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Pasquale Cati (Italian painter, ca. 1550-ca. 1620)
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Location:
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site: Palazzo Altemps (Rome, Lazio, Italy)
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Location Note:
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Piazza di Sant'Apollinare, 46
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GPS:
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+41.900935+12.473053
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Date:
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1591 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Italian
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Style Period:
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Mannerist (Renaissance-Baroque style); Sixteenth century
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Work Type 1:
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fresco (painting)
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Classification:
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Paintings
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Material:
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pigment on plaster (fresco)
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Technique:
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fresco painting (technique)
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Subjects:
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allegory; decorative arts; Old Testament and Apocrypha; Moses (Biblical leader)
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Description:
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Born in Jesi, Cati moved to Rome, where he was known as a follower, if not pupil, of Michelangelo, and later of Federico Zuccari. He also worked for the Altemps family in the commission for their family chapel in Santa Maria in Trastevere. The frieze depicts the ten divine punishments called down from God by Moses on the Egyptians and on the Jews exodus from captivity. These scenes are painted as faux tapestries, flanked by standing naked figures and putti holding floral festoons. In addition there are twenty-four allegorical personifications identified by a cartouche, which provide moral commentary on the biblical narration. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/)
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Collection:
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Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
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Identifier:
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7A2-I-R-PAL-FS-A03
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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