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Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Palazzo Chiericati; Hall of Hercules
Alternate Title:
Sala d'Ercole
Image View:
Detail, classic 'grotesgue' decoration by Eliodoro Forbicini with stuccowork by Bartolomeo Ridolfi
Creator:
Bartolomeo Ridolfi (Italian stuccoist, died ca. 1571); Domenico Brusasorci the elder (Italian painter, ca. 1516-1567)
Location:
repository: Palazzo Chiericati (Vicenza, Veneto, Italy)
Location Note:
Piazza Matteotti 37/39
GPS:
45.549167 11.549167
Date:
ca. 1558 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Mannerist (Renaissance-Baroque style); Sixteenth century
Work Type 1:
ceiling
Work Type 2:
fresco (painting)
Work Type 3:
stuccowork
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
pigment on plaster (fresco); stucco
Technique:
fresco painting (technique)
Subjects:
cycles or series; decorative arts; mythology (Classical); Hera (Greek deity); Hercules (Roman mythological character); Labors of Hercules
Description:
The room is on the ground floor and has a barrel vault. The gold and white stuccowork compartments were created by Bartolomeo Ridolfi, a sculptor and stuccoist from Verona. These were embellished by Eliodoro Forbicini, who was a master at 'grotesque' (or grottoesque) motifs in the classic sense, derived from the ornamentation of the ancient Roman Domus Aurea. The scenes from the story of Hercules were painted by Domenico Brusasorci the elder. (Source: Musei Civici Vicenza [website]; https://www.museiciv icivicenza.it/)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
Identifier:
7A2-I-VI-PC-HH-A22
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Palazzo Chiericati; Hall of Hercules