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

Ceiling decoration

1527-28
Fresco
Camera dei Venti, Palazzo del Tè, Mantua

Federico Gonzaga's private rooms in the Palazzo del Tè included the Camera dei Venti (Room of the Winds). It is richly decorated with cosmological themes: they include representations of the winds, the signs of the zodiac, the months, and - onm medallions painted with small, lively figures - human activities corresponding to each month.




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