Around 1560-61, Veronese was commissioned by Daniele Barbaro to provide the interior frescoes for Barbaro's Palladian villa in Maser. The construction of the villa to a design by Andrea Palladio was completed around 1558. The decoration reflects the taste of Daniele Barbaro, a cultured humanist, and his brother Marcantonio.

Veronese decorated six rooms in the 'piano nobile' (the main floor) of the villa, as well as one wall of the last room of the eastern suite of rooms. The piano nobile is laid out in the shape of a double "T", the decorated rooms are: the Sala dell'Olimpo, the Sala a Crociera, the Stanza dell'Amore Coniugale, the Stanza di Bacco, the Stanza del Cane, the Stanza della Lucerna. The spacious Sala a Crociera (Cross-Shaped Room) connects the front and the two rooms to the south (the Stanza dell'Amore Coniugale and the Stanza di Bacco) with the large square room (the Sala dell'Olimpo) that opens onto the internal garden to the north. At the sides of the Sala dell'Olimpo are located the rooms facing onto the courtyard (the Stanza del Cane and the Stanza della Lucerna).

The frescoed scenes in the six rooms are supported and framed respectively by a system of decoration that, along with the white stuccoed molding of the door frames and fireplace, is not insignificant in determining the overall impression of the space. Floor to ceiling marble columns or pilasters subdivide the walls in all the rooms. In between, beyond low parapets, one catches sight of far-off landscapes seen from high vantage points that compete with the views from the villa's windows.

Suggested listening (streaming mp3, 14 minutes): George Frideric Handel: Concerto for harp, lute and theorbo in B flat major

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	Illusory Door 1560-61 Fresco Villa Barbaro, Maser	1012*1200 True Color 202 Kb
	Girl in the Doorway 1560-61 Fresco Villa Barbaro, Maser	1000*1158 True Color 181 Kb
	Girl in the Doorway (detail) 1560-61 Fresco Villa Barbaro, Maser	950*1156 True Color 239 Kb
	Francesco Barbaro Leaning out of a Door 1560-61 Fresco Villa Barbaro, Maser	903*1100 True Color 214 Kb
	Muse with Tambourine 1560-61 Fresco Villa Barbaro, Maser	800*1367 True Color 183 Kb
	Muse with Lyre 1560-61 Fresco Villa Barbaro, Maser	800*1382 True Color 197 Kb
	Woman Musician 1560-61 Fresco Villa Barbaro, Maser	900*1348 True Color 186 Kb
	View of the Sala a Crociera 1560-61 Fresco Villa Barbaro, Maser	1673*1100 True Color 221 Kb
	View into the Cruciform Sala a Crociera 1560-61 Frescoes and plaster decoration Villa Barbaro, Maser	1457*900 True Color 214 Kb
	View of the Sala a Crociera 1560-61 Fresco Villa Barbaro, Maser	1032*1279 True Color 196 Kb
	Ceiling of the Sala dell'Olimpo 1560-61 Fresco Villa Barbaro, Maser	900*1010 True Color 172 Kb
	Ceiling of the Sala dell'Olimpo 1560-61 Fresco Villa Barbaro, Maser	1000*1226 True Color 220 Kb
	Sala dell'Olimpo 1560-61 Frescoes and plaster decoration Villa Barbaro, Maser	950*1112 True Color 200 Kb
	Figures behind the Parapet 1560-61 Fresco Villa Barbaro, Maser	1100*939 True Color 179 Kb
	Figures behind the Parapet 1560-61 Fresco Villa Barbaro, Maser	1400*825 True Color 202 Kb
	Portrait of a Woman 1560-61 Fresco Villa Barbaro, Maser	1000*1308 True Color 232 Kb
	Portrait of Daniele Barbaro 1560-61 Fresco Villa Barbaro, Maser	1000*1252 True Color 207 Kb
	Portrait of Almorò Barbaro 1560-61 Fresco Villa Barbaro, Maser	1000*1207 True Color 224 Kb
	Bacchus and Ceres 1560-61 Fresco Villa Barbaro, Maser	1350*850 True Color 188 Kb
	Vulcan and Venus 1560-61 Fresco Villa Barbaro, Maser	1437*850 True Color 192 Kb
	View from the Sala dell'Olimpo, facing south 1560-61 Fresco Villa Barbaro, Maser	900*1236 True Color 170 Kb
	View from the Sala dell'Olimpo, facing east 1560-61 Fresco Villa Barbaro, Maser	900*1249 True Color 185 Kb
	Landscape 1560-61 Fresco Villa Barbaro, Maser	950*1400 True Color 221 Kb
	Landscape 1560-61 Fresco Villa Barbaro, Maser	1001*1200 True Color 242 Kb
	Bacchus, Vertumnus and Saturn 1560-61 Fresco Villa Barbaro, Maser	1300*1112 True Color 253 Kb
	Bacchus, Vertumnus and Saturn (detail) 1560-61 Fresco Villa Barbaro, Maser	900*1218 True Color 186 Kb
	Woman Musician 1560-61 Fresco Villa Barbaro, Maser	1000*1361 True Color 196 Kb
	Landscape 1560-61 Fresco Villa Barbaro, Maser	754*1500 True Color 180 Kb
	Landscape with Villa and Carriages (detail) 1560-61 Fresco Villa Barbaro, Maser	770*1300 True Color 190 Kb
	Nemesis 1560-61 Fresco Villa Barbaro, Maser	1279*800 True Color 174 Kb
	Prudence and Manly Virtue 1560-61 Fresco Villa Barbaro, Maser	1288*800 True Color 179 Kb
	Ceiling in the Stanza del Lucerna 1560-61 Fresco Villa Barbaro, Maser	908*1200 True Color 220 Kb
	Mortal Man Guided to Divine Eternity 1560-61 Fresco Villa Barbaro, Maser	850*1063 True Color 190 Kb
	The Holy Family (Madonna della pappa) 1560-61 Fresco Villa Barbaro, Maser	1096*1000 True Color 173 Kb
	Fortune 1560-61 Fresco Villa Barbaro, Maser	1000*1458 True Color 240 Kb
	Saturn (Time) and Historia 1560-61 Fresco Villa Barbaro, Maser	1303*900 True Color 190 Kb
	Fate Crowning a Sleeping Man 1560-61 Fresco Villa Barbaro, Maser	1065*700 True Color 119 Kb
	Chance Crowning a Sleeping Man 1560-61 Fresco Villa Barbaro, Maser	1290*900 True Color 165 Kb
	Fortune 1560-61 Fresco Villa Barbaro, Maser	850*1027 True Color 181 Kb
	Holy Family with St Catherine and the Infant St John 1560-61 Fresco Villa Barbaro, Maser	1200*961 True Color 191 Kb
	End wall of the Stanza del Cane 1560-61 Fresco Villa Barbaro, Maser	951*1400 True Color 207 Kb
	End wall of the Stanza del Cane 1560-61 Fresco Villa Barbaro, Maser	850*1101 True Color 193 Kb
	Landscape with Harbour 1560-61 Fresco Villa Barbaro, Maser	950*1058 True Color 199 Kb
	Ceiling decoration 1560-61 Fresco Villa Barbaro, Maser	1519*900 True Color 258 Kb
	Hyman, Juno, and Venus 1560-61 Fresco Villa Barbaro, Maser	1135*1000 True Color 187 Kb
	Ceiling decoration (detail) 1560-61 Fresco Villa Barbaro, Maser	895*1325 True Color 212 Kb
	Ceiling decoration (detail) 1560-61 Fresco Villa Barbaro, Maser	930*1355 True Color 233 Kb
	Nobleman in Hunting Attire 1560-61 Fresco Villa Barbaro, Maser	854*1100 True Color 179 Kb
	Nobleman in Hunting Attire (detail) 1560-61 Fresco Villa Barbaro, Maser	1011*1200 True Color 218 Kb