# Wall in the Central Hall [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [ZELOTTI, Giovanni Battista]() - Date: 1551-1600 - Technique: Fresco ## Commentary The trompe l'oeil architecture provides the organizational structure for the large Central Hall, where the space is measured with rhythmic linearity. White Corinthian columns illusionistically supporting the ceiling, frame famous episodes from Roman history. These are flanked by the four original elements: Earth, Water, Air, and Fire, embodied by Cybele, Neptune, Juno, and Jupiter. At the feet of the elements are the skillfully modeled bodies of four prisoners along with trophies of war. The present picture shows the historical scene Scipio Returning Lucius's Betrothed. ## Related artworks - [Dead Christ]() - [Decoration in rooms of grotesques \(detail\)]() - [Decoration in rooms of grotesques \(detail\)]() - [Decoration in the Hall of the Arts \(detail\)]() - [Decoration in the Hall of the Arts \(detail\)]() - [Episode from the Life of Alexander the Great]() - [Episode from the Life of Alexander the Great]() - [Frescoes in the Hall of Olympus \(detail\)]() - [Frescoes in the Hall of Olympus \(detail\)]() - [Frescoes in the Hall of Olympus \(detail\)]() - [Frescoes in the Hall of the Arts \(detail\)]() - [Frescoes in the Hall of the Arts \(detail\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()