Camerino Farnese
The Camerino Farnese is a Fresco cycle (a series of frescos done about a particular subject) that emerged from the decision to paint the ceiling of the Camerino in Rome, before the summer of 1595. The Camerino is on the first, or principal, floor of the Palazzo Farnese, and measures slightly more than fifteen by thirty feet.
The Choice of Hercules (1596) by Annibale Carracci
Instead of proceeding with the original plans for the Alessandro Farnese cycle, the Farnese Gallery frescoes glorifying their father's deeds would have to wait until the arrival of the book of drawings which Odoardo Fialetti had asked Cardinal Ranuccio Farnese to send him; in the meantime Annibale Carracci was to be given as his first task, the decoration of the cardinal's own study.
Frescoes of Camerino Farnese
- Hercules bearing the globe
- Hercules resting
- Ulysses and Circe
- Ulysses and the Sirens
- Chastity
- Intelligence
- Security
- Piety
- Perseus and Medusa
- Catanian Brothers
- Justice
- Temperance
- Fortitude
- Prudence
Gallery
Ulysses and Circe - - Annibale Carracci - 1597
Ulysses and the Sirens - Annibale Carracci - 1597
Perseus and Medusa - Annibale Carracci - 1597
Catanian Brothers - Annibale Carracci - 1597
Further reading
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- Martin, John Rupert (1965). The Farnese Gallery. Princeton University Press.
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