# View of the main hall [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [TIEPOLO, Giovanni Battista]() - Date: 1701-1750 - Technique: Fresco ## Commentary The present-day structure of the Villa Loschi is the result of the reorganization and grouping of some preexisting building under the direction of <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/m/muttoni/loschi.html'\)" href="/html/m/muttoni/loschi.html"> architect Francesco Muttoni.</a> The interior decoration of the grand staircase and the main hall on the piano nobile was executed by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo within the brief span of three months in 1734. The decoration adheres to an iconographic program with the purpose to celebrate the moral quality of the Loschi family, owner of the villa. The the central section of the ceiling of the main hall is taken up by a celebratory image of Glory among the Cardinal Virtues. The the central section is flanked by images of Valour \(to the left, with laurel wreath and sceptre, shown caressing a lion\); and Intellect \(with helmet and bow, to the right\). In addition to those on the ceiling, four other virtues appear inside stucco frames on the walls of the room: Marital Harmony, Humility Casting Out Pride, Liberality Dispensing Gifts, and Virtue Crowning Honour. ## Related artworks - [A Seated Man and a Girl with a Pitcher]() - [Abraham and the Three Angels]() - [Abraham Praying before the Three Angels]() - [Adoration of the Magi]() - [Aeneas Introducing Cupid Dressed as Ascanius to Dido \(detail\)]() - [Aeneas Introducing Cupid Dressed as Ascanius to Dido \(detail\)]() - [Aeneas Introducing Cupid Dressed as Ascanius to Dido]() - [Aeneas Introducing Cupid Dressed as Ascanius to Dido]() - [Allegory of Merit Accompanied by Nobility and Virtue \(detail\)]() - [Allegory of Merit Accompanied by Nobility and Virtue \(detail\)]() - [Allegory of Merit Accompanied by Nobility and Virtue]() - [Allegory of Merit Accompanied by Nobility and Virtue]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()