# Ceiling fresco

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## Artwork

- Artist: [POCCETTI, Bernardino](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/poccetti-bernardino-rd70d6b7ee28da1>)
- Date: 1551-1600
- Technique: Fresco

## Commentary

The ceiling fresco of the Large grotto depicts an open trellis inhabited by an array of wild animals, in their midst a smiling Bacchus or Silenus who is throwing an inviting glance down at the viewer.

## Related artworks

- [Ceiling decoration](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/poccetti-bernardino-rd70d6b7ee28da1/ceiling-decoration-r4135f09fdfaf32>)
- [Ceiling fresco \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/poccetti-bernardino-rd70d6b7ee28da1/ceiling-fresco-detail-r8c8900428e2593>)
- [Façade of Florence Cathedral](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/poccetti-bernardino-rd70d6b7ee28da1/faade-of-florence-cathedral-rd16c2facf73110>)
- [Façade](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/poccetti-bernardino-rd70d6b7ee28da1/faade-rbdd5aecb16c1c1>)
- [Tuscan Landscape](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/poccetti-bernardino-rd70d6b7ee28da1/tuscan-landscape-r041b4c75435730>)
- [View of the Bona Room](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/poccetti-bernardino-rd70d6b7ee28da1/view-of-the-bona-room-r310c427c02698d>)

## Attribution

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