03 — ARTWORK
Ceiling decoration
ROMANELLI, Giovanni Francesco · 1657 →
- MEDIUM
- Fresco, 450 x 355 cm
- TYPE
- Other
PALETTE
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COMMENTARY
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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's Petite Galerie. He was assisted by the sculptor Michel Anguier and various stuccoA type of light, malleable plaster made from dehydrated lime (calcium carbonate) mixed with powdered marble and glue and sometimes reinforced with hair. It is used for sculpture and architectural decoration, both external and internal. In a looser sense, the term is applied to a plaster coating applied to the exterior of buildings, but stucco is a different substance from plaster (which is calcium sulphate). Stucco in the more restricted sense has been known to virtually every civilization. In Europe it was exploited most fully from the 16th century to the 18th century, notable exponents being the artists of the School of Fontainebleau and Giacomo Serpotta. By adding large quantities of glue and colour to the stucco mixture stuccatori were able to produce a material that could take a high polish and assume the appearance of marble. Indeed, sometimes it is difficult to distinguish from real marble without touching it (stucco feels warmer). artists. The trompe-l'oeil paintings in the vaults framed by Anguier'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.
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