Fresco, Spring Room, Villa Farnese, Caprarola, Lazio, Italy

Fresco panel of a youth representing Spring, wearing a crown of myrtle, a plant sacred to Venus suggesting Springtime love and the vitality of the seasons, painted 1560-62 by Taddeo Zuccari, 1529-66, and assistants, in the Spring Room, 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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1559-73 1560-62 16th century allegorical allegory art Caprarola Chateau Farnese color colour cornucopia detail Europe European Farnese Farnese family fecundity fertility fine arts frame fresco Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola goddess health heritage High Renaissance history horizontal horn of plenty image indoors inside interior Italia Italy Lazio Mannerism Mannerist museum myrtle painting Palazzo Farnese Palazzo Farnese di Caprarola panel Polo Museale del Lazio Renaissance season Southern Europe Southern European spring spring room springtime symbol Taddeo Zuccari tourism tourist attraction travel Venus Vignola villa Villa Caprarola Villa Farnese vitality Viterbo wreath youth

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