THE FRESCOES of Paolo VERONESE for the transept hall and rooms of the VILLA BARBARO (1560)

Speranza

These are excellent, but then the milieu is magnificent, too.

VILLA BARBARO was designed by Palladio for the Barbaro family.

Responsible were the brothers

DANIELE BARBARO

and

MARCANTONIO BARBARO.

They were both extremely learned and forceful personalities.

The frescoes by VERONESE include

1. ALMORO BARBARO
2. DANIELE BARBARO
3. GIUSTINIANA GIUSTINIANI BARBARO
4. FRANCESCO BARBARO
5. BACCO revealing the secret of wine to men.
and the sublime
6. GENTLEMAN RETURNING FROM THE HUNT.