CORREGGIO
(b. ca. 1490, Correggio, d. 1534, Correggio)

Ceiling decoration (detail)

1518-19
Fresco
Camera di San Paolo, Parma

The picture shows a detail of the ceiling of the Camera di San Paolo. Correggio's decoration is related to the myth of Diana by alluding to the story of Actaeon with a putti who are displaying a stag's head.




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