GIULIO ROMANO
(b. ca. 1499, Roma, d. 1546, Mantova)

Polyphemus

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Fresco
Villa Madama, Rome

Giulio Romano depicted Polyphemus as a giant figure lying in his cave for the main fresco of the garden loggia of the Villa Madama. This representation of Polyphemus can be compared with Giulio's later fresco in the Sala di Psiche of the Palazzo del Tè in Mantua.