Jacob's Ladder, ceiling fresco, Room of Dreams, Villa Farnese, Caprarola, Lazio, Italy

Jacob's Ladder, oval ceiling fresco, painted 1569-71 by Jacopo Zanguidi called Bertoja, 1544-74, in the Room of Dreams, 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

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© Manuel Cohen

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