# Ceiling painting

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## Artwork

- Artist: [CARLONE, Carlo Innocenzo](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/carlone-carlo-innocenzo-r2c32a587259722>)
- Date: 1701-1750
- Technique: Fresco

## Commentary

The ceiling painting of the ballroom in the Villa Lechi in Montirone represents Triumph of Reason over the Adversaries, that is celebrates reason not the family of the owner as was typical in contemporary ceiling decorations.

## Related artworks

- [Court scene with imaginary architecture](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/carlone-carlo-innocenzo-r2c32a587259722/court-scene-with-imaginary-architecture-rf6f69ce71d45f1>)
- [The Adoration of the Shepherds](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/carlone-carlo-innocenzo-r2c32a587259722/the-adoration-of-the-shepherds-raa94e1c9eb2323>)

## Attribution

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