Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART: Palazzo del Te; Hall of the Horses
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Palazzo del Te; Hall of the Horses
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Alternate Title:
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Palazzo Te; Sala dei Cavalli
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Image View:
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South wall, life size portrait of a white horse with landscape and faux architecture painted behind
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Creator:
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workshop of Giulio Romano (Italian artist, 1499-1546)
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Location:
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site: Palazzo del Te (Mantua, Lombardy, Italy)
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Location Note:
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Viale Te, 13
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GPS:
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+45.14737+10.78728
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Date:
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1526-1528 (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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reception room
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Work Type 2:
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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); grisaille
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Subjects:
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animal; mythology (Classical); Gonzaga family; Hercules (Roman mythological character); horses; trompe l' oeil
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Description:
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Created to receive the guests and host the most important ceremonies, the room owes its name to the portraits of the superb life size horses painted on the walls. Federico, as his predecessors, bred and cared for horses in the famous Gonzaga stables, considering them the best gift to a friend or important guest. Two of the six horses still have their names written below: "Morel Favorito", the grey horse on the South wall and "Dario", the fair horse on the North wall. The room has trompe l' oeil painted architecture including Corinthian pillars, niches with statues of divinities and busts of illustrious men and women above the windows. The upper part of the frescoed walls feature imitations of bronze bas-reliefs in grisaille which narrate the Labors of Hercules. (Source: Palazzo Te [website]; http://www.palazzote.it)
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Collection:
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Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
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Identifier:
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1A1-RG-PT-I-HOH-A01
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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