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

The Horse "Morel favorito"

c. 1526
Fresco
Salone dei Cavalli, Palazzo del Tè, Mantua

The large horses are remarkable for the slight hints of movement they convey, for their shiny coats with gliding touches of light, and for the accuracy and tension in their musculature, all of which contribute to the play between reality and illusion, nature and artifice, suggested in the decorative scheme of the room as a whole.




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