Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART: Palazzo del Te; Hall of the Horses

Collection:	ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:	Palazzo del Te; Hall of the Horses
Alternate Title:	Palazzo Te; Sala dei Cavalli
Image View:	West wall, the horse known as "Glorioso" flanked by Venus(left) and Mars (right); above imitation 'bronze' in grisaille; Hercules and the Rape of Deianeira
Creator:	workshop of Giulio Romano (Italian artist, 1499-1546)
Location:	site: Palazzo del Te (Mantua, Lombardy, Italy)
Location Note:	Viale Te, 13
GPS:	+45.14737+10.78728
Date:	1526-1528 (creation)
Cultural Context:	Italian
Style Period:	Mannerist (Renaissance-Baroque style); Sixteenth century
Work Type 1:	reception room
Work Type 2:	fresco (painting)
Classification:	Paintings
Material:	pigment on plaster (fresco)
Technique:	fresco painting (technique); grisaille
Subjects:	animal; mythology (Classical); Gonzaga family; Hercules (Roman mythological character); horses; trompe l' oeil
Description:	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)
Collection:	Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
Identifier:	1A1-RG-PT-I-HOH-A05
Rights:	© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.