# Ceiling decoration

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## Artwork

- Artist: [ROMANELLI, Giovanni Francesco](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/romanelli-giovanni-francesco-r4d4967c67c8f95>)
- Date: 1651-1700
- Technique: Fresco, 450 x 355 cm

## Commentary

In 1655 Romanelli, who in 1646 decorated two galleries in the Palais Royal in Paris, was commissioned to decorate the summer apartments of Anne of Austria in the Louvre&#39;s Petite Galerie. He was assisted by the sculptor Michel Anguier and various stucco artists. The trompe-l&#39;oeil paintings in the vaults framed by Anguier&#39;s stucco work evoke the Farnese and Barberini palaces in Rome as well as the Pitti in Florence. The picture shows a section of the ceiling, representing Diana and Actaeon, of the Petite Galerie in the Louvre.

## Related artworks

- [Ceiling decoration \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/romanelli-giovanni-francesco-r4d4967c67c8f95/ceiling-decoration-detail-rabf0685760dbc0>)
- [Ceres](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/romanelli-giovanni-francesco-r4d4967c67c8f95/ceres-r5ecc3783598f99>)
- [Hercules and Omphale](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/romanelli-giovanni-francesco-r4d4967c67c8f95/hercules-and-omphale-r65214bc6deec89>)
- [Rest on the Flight into Egypt](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/romanelli-giovanni-francesco-r4d4967c67c8f95/rest-on-the-flight-into-egypt-r78744f10f90d9d>)
- [St Cecilia](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/romanelli-giovanni-francesco-r4d4967c67c8f95/st-cecilia-r17f278eab712b6>)
- [St Cecilia](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/romanelli-giovanni-francesco-r4d4967c67c8f95/st-cecilia-r73e8661ff26aa0>)

## Attribution

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