# View of the ceiling in the Foresteria

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## Artwork

- Artist: [BRUNI, Domenico](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bruni-domenico-r73d352fbfa300b>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Fresco

## Commentary

The faux architecture on the ceiling was executed by Domenico Bruni, the figures by Pietro Liberi. At the centre, a space opens up to a light blue sky, in which, derived from Ripa&#39;s Iconologia, Eternity, seated on a celestial sphere, raises up the sun and the moon in her hands. She is surrounded by the winged figure of Fame, holding a trumpet and a laurel wreath, by Glory and Honour, and by Virtue. Beneath Eternity, facing the viewers, is Splendour of the Name, in the form of a mature, bearded man who holds the club of Hercules in his right hand and a lighted torch in his left.

## Related artworks

- [View of the main room in the Foresteria](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/bruni-domenico-r73d352fbfa300b/view-of-the-main-room-in-the-foresteria-r0b29e8c15db417>)

## Attribution

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