Ceiling fresco, Room of the Swans, Villa Farnese

Fresco detail from the ceiling of the Room of the Swans, used as a theatre, in the Winter Apartment, painted 1567-69 by Federico Zuccari, 1542-1609, with the coat of arms of Odoardo Farnese and flying swans, in the Villa Farnese or Villa Caprarola, a 16th century Renaissance and Mannerist fortified villa designed by Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola and built 1559-73 for the Farnese family under Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, in Caprarola, Viterbo, Lazio, Italy. The ceiling was inspired by Giulio Romani's ceiling in Villa Madama. The Villa Farnese is now owned by the state and run by the Polo Museale del Lazio. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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1559-73 Barozzi Caprarola Farnese Federico Giacomo Heraldic Lazio Mannerism Mannerist Museale Odoardo Swans Trompe Vignola Viterbo Zuccari

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