# Ceiling decoration [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [TIEPOLO, Giovanni Battista]() - Date: 1701-1750 - Technique: Fresco ## Commentary In contrast with the ceiling paintings in Baroque churches, the ceiling in the ballroom of Palazzo Labia, with its allegorical-mythological program,, is subordinated to the walls. Its content does not appear to be closely related to that of the wall pictures. The centre panel depicts Bellerophon, the celebrated Corinthian hero, riding on Pegasus toward the Gloria. Above and below this panel are the Personification of Justice and the Personification of Nobility, respectively. Four monochrome paintings with classical offering scenes are around the circular panel. ## 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]()