# Decoration in rooms of grotesques \(detail\)

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## Artwork

- Artist: [ZELOTTI, Giovanni Battista](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/zelotti-giovanni-battista-r7b75828d52e7c3>)
- Date: 1551-1600
- Technique: Fresco

## Commentary

Two small rooms of grotesques conclude the decorative cycle of the villa. Here cupids, satyrs, garlands of roses, pergolas, birds, fish, and a variety of animals are distributed on the walls without any thematic intention but with great fantasy and compositional richness.

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- [Dead Christ](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/zelotti-giovanni-battista-r7b75828d52e7c3/dead-christ-ra4428e5252a06f>)
- [Decoration in rooms of grotesques \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/zelotti-giovanni-battista-r7b75828d52e7c3/decoration-in-rooms-of-grotesques-detail-r960e7f32c5ab60>)
- [Decoration in the Hall of the Arts \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/zelotti-giovanni-battista-r7b75828d52e7c3/decoration-in-the-hall-of-the-arts-detail-r0a7eb9d170fa0b>)
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## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)