# The Banquet of Zenobia [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [FONTEBASSO, Francesco]() - Date: 1701-1750 - Technique: Fresco ## Commentary The wall frescoes in the ballroom focus on the narration of episodes from the life of Queen Zenobia and represent The Banquet of Zenobia and Triumph of Aureliano. However, the interpretation of these scenes is debated. In the banquet scene, the painter's indebtness to Tiepolo is obvious. The scene bears a resemblance in several aspects to Tiepolo's <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/t/tiepolo/gianbatt/4labia/08labia.html'\)" href="/html/t/tiepolo/gianbatt/4labia/08labia.html">fresco in the Palazzo Labia.</a> ## Related artworks - [Adoration of the Shepherds]() - [Adoration of the Shepherds]() - [Assumption of the Virgin]() - [Ceiling decoration]() - [Family of Darius before Alexander]() - [Mystic Marriage of St Catherine with St Therese]() - [Supplemental scene]() - [Supplemental scene]() - [The Banquet of Zenobia \(detail\)]() - [The Banquet of Zenobia \(detail\)]() - [The Banquet of Zenobia \(detail\)]() - [The Banquet of Zenobia \(detail\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()