Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART: Villa Medici; Cardinal's Pavilion, Stanza degli Uccelli
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Villa Medici; Cardinal's Pavilion, Stanza degli Uccelli
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Alternate Title:
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Villa Medici; Cardinal's Pavilion, Room of the Birds
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Image View:
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Detail, peacock against a lemon tree (a favorite tree of the Cardinal)
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Creator:
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Jacopo Zucchi (Italian painter, ca. 1540- ca. 1590)
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Location:
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repository: Villa Medici (Rome, Lazio, Italy)
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Location Note:
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French Academy in Rome
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GPS:
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+41.908+12.483
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Date:
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1576 -1577 (creation); restored 2011 (restoration)
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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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animal; botanical; Gardens; Restoration and conservation; birds; pergola
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Description:
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Away from the main villa, in the gardens of Villa Medici, is the separate pavilion (studiolo) of Cardinal Ferdinand de Medici, a masterpiece of Late Mannerism, decorated by Jacopo Zucchi (1576-1577). There are two rooms; this one, the Stanza degli Uccelli (Room of the birds) has frescoes depicting an aviary or pergola and several fables from Aesop. Ferdinand was keen on science and botany (he cultivated rare specimens in his garden); this room features animals and birds from North America as well as Europe. The frescoes had been hidden under whitewash and were only rediscovered by Géraldine Albers in 1985. They were restored in 2011. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page)
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Collection:
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Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
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Identifier:
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6A1-ZUCCHI-VM-GSC-A08
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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