The Camerino Farnese is a Fresco cycle (a series of frescos done about a particular subject) that emerged from the decision to paint the ceiling of the Camerino in Rome, before the summer of 1595. The Camerino is on the first, or principal, floor of the
Palazzo Farnese
Palazzo Farnese () or Farnese Palace is one of the most important High Renaissance List of palaces in Italy#Rome, palaces in Rome. Owned by the Italian Republic, it was given to the French government in 1936 for a period of 99 years, and cur ...
, and measures slightly more than fifteen by thirty feet.
Instead of proceeding with the original plans for the Alessandro Farnese cycle, the
Farnese Gallery frescoes glorifying their father's deeds would have to wait until the arrival of the book of drawings which
Odoardo Fialetti
Odoardo Fialetti (18 July 1573 – 1638?) was an Italian painter and printmaker who began his training during the late Renaissance, and showed distinct mannerist sensibilities in his mid-career, adopting a much looser and more dynamic style in hi ...
had asked
Cardinal Ranuccio Farnese to send him; in the meantime
Annibale Carracci
Annibale Carracci (; November 3, 1560 – July 15, 1609) was an Italian painter and instructor, active in Bologna and later in Rome. Along with his brother and cousin, Annibale was one of the progenitors, if not founders of a leading strand of th ...
was to be given as his first task, the decoration of the cardinal's own study.
Frescoes of Camerino Farnese
*: ''Hercules bearing the globe''
*: ''Hercules resting''
*: ''Ulysses and Circe''
*: ''Ulysses and the Sirens''
*: ''Chastity''
*: ''Intelligence''
*: ''Security''
*: ''Piety''
*: ''Perseus and Medusa''
*: ''Catanian Brothers''
*: ''Justice''
*: ''Temperance''
*: ''Fortitude''
*: ''Prudence''
Gallery
Image:Ulysses and Circe - Annibale Carracci - 1597 - Camerino Farnese, Palazzo Farnese, Rome.jpg, ''Ulysses and Circe'' - - Annibale Carracci - 1597
Image:Ulysses and the Sirens - Annibale Carracci - 1597 - Camerino Farnese, Palazzo Farnese, Rome.jpg, ''Ulysses and the Sirens'' - Annibale Carracci - 1597
Image:Perseus and Medusa - Annibale Carracci - 1597 - Camerino Farnese, Palazzo Farnese, Rome.jpg, ''Perseus and Medusa'' - Annibale Carracci - 1597
Image:Catanian Brothers - Annibale Carracci - 1597 - Camerino Farnese, Palazzo Farnese, Rome.jpg, ''Catanian Brothers'' - Annibale Carracci - 1597
Further reading
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Mythological paintings by Annibale Carracci
Fresco paintings in Rome