# The Horse "Morel favorito" [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [GIULIO ROMANO]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Fresco ## Commentary The Horse "Morel favorito" c. 1526 Fresco Salone dei Cavalli, Palazzo del Tè, Mantua The large horses are remarkable for the slight hints of movement they convey, for their shiny coats with gliding touches of light, and for the accuracy and tension in their musculature, all of which contribute to the play between reality and illusion, nature and artifice, suggested in the decorative scheme of the room as a whole. ## Related artworks - [Adoration of the Shepherds \(detail\)]() - [Adoration of the Shepherds]() - [Aerial view]() - [Aerial view]() - [Aerial view]() - [Ajax Defends Patroclus's Corps]() - [Ajax Defends Patroclus's Corps]() - [Allegory of the Virtues of Federico II Gonzaga]() - [Battle of Zama]() - [Ceiling decoration \(detail\)]() - [Ceiling decoration \(detail\)]() - [Ceiling decoration \(detail\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()