Fresco, Anticamera del Concilio, Villa Farnese

Fresco of Pope Paul III (Alexander Farnese), 1468-1549, appointing various cardinals, 4 of whom are destined to become Popes, painted 1560-66 by Taddeo Zuccari, 1529-66, in the Anteroom of the council or Anticamera del Concilio, also known as the Room of the Council of Trent, 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 Villa Farnese is now owned by the state and run by the Polo Museale del Lazio. Picture by Manuel Cohen

Picture No

13435780

Media ID

45113301

Size

5906px x 4732px (8.6MB)

Credit

Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans

Source

Photograph by Manuel Cohen