UNKNOWN MASTER, Italian
(active 1489-1502 in Valle d'Aosta)

View of the ground floor hall

1489-1502
Fresco
Castello Challant, Issogne (Valle d'Aosta)

Both the short and the long walls of the ground floor hall are transformed by painted decor above the wainscoting into open loggias. The window-like openings, interrupted by draperies of painted brocade, are flanked by graceful marble and crystal columns. They look out onto landscapes of a Netherlandish character, which are enlivened by figures in various activities, notably hunting.

The painting on the end wall has a depiction of the Judgment of Paris. The coat of arms of Giorgio de Challant, crowned by a cross and flanked by a rampant griffon and lion, appear above the fireplace.




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