CANAL, Giambattista
(b. 1745, Venezia, d. 1825, Venezia)

Scenes from the Homeric World

c. 1810
Fresco
Palazzo Belloni Battagia, Venice

The entrance hall of the noble floor in the Palazzo Belloni Battagia was decorated by Giambattista Canal and Davide Rossi (1744-c. 1820). The hall became a genuine optical illusion, thanks to open galleries with perspective colonnades with scenes from the Homeric world.