VASARI, Giorgio
(b. 1511, Arezzo, d. 1574, Firenze)

Wall decoration

1542-48
Fresco
Casa del Vasari, Arezzo

The picture shows a view of the Sala del Camino (Room of the Hearth). The room was decorated by Vasari personally with a plaster statue of Venus above the hearth. On the walls are frescoes of allegorical figures, landscapes, and scenes from the lives of the classical painters.