# View of the Hall of the Muses

[View the canonical artwork record](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/zelotti-giovanni-battista-r7b75828d52e7c3/view-of-the-hall-of-the-muses-r50bf6392d8ef03>)

## Artwork

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

## Commentary

The room dedicated to the Muses is highly theatrical. The ceiling seems to be held up by gigantic caryatids that appear on the walls. Muses with poets appear in the spaces between the caryatids, while personifications of rivers loom over the entrance doors. The contribution of Battista del Moro in the decoration of this room is suggested by recent critics.

## Related artworks

- [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-r29857c0a937395>)
- [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>)
- [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-r5597a6b72489e9>)
- [Episode from the Life of Alexander the Great](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/zelotti-giovanni-battista-r7b75828d52e7c3/episode-from-the-life-of-alexander-the-great-r1573b56afa6313>)
- [Episode from the Life of Alexander the Great](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/zelotti-giovanni-battista-r7b75828d52e7c3/episode-from-the-life-of-alexander-the-great-rec3da2a942dedc>)
- [Frescoes in the Hall of Olympus \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/zelotti-giovanni-battista-r7b75828d52e7c3/frescoes-in-the-hall-of-olympus-detail-r2672792586ed96>)
- [Frescoes in the Hall of Olympus \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/zelotti-giovanni-battista-r7b75828d52e7c3/frescoes-in-the-hall-of-olympus-detail-r62378e7c9ed4fb>)
- [Frescoes in the Hall of Olympus \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/zelotti-giovanni-battista-r7b75828d52e7c3/frescoes-in-the-hall-of-olympus-detail-r9d751a3f9b43da>)
- [Frescoes in the Hall of the Arts \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/zelotti-giovanni-battista-r7b75828d52e7c3/frescoes-in-the-hall-of-the-arts-detail-r2fe2806fbededc>)
- [Frescoes in the Hall of the Arts \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/zelotti-giovanni-battista-r7b75828d52e7c3/frescoes-in-the-hall-of-the-arts-detail-r351706d0860310>)

## Attribution

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