Sassuolo

The Palazzo Ducale Estense, with the frescoes by Jean Boulanger and the "Bolognese quadrature" by Angelo Michele Colonna, Agostino Mitelli, Baldassarre Bianchi and Gian Giacomo Monti.

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Fresco View of Sassuolo by Cesare Baglione, Spezzano Castle, Fiorano Modenese Italy

View of Sassuolo: Cesare Baglione's Fresco in Spezzano Castle

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Triumph of Bacchus centrepiece with rosolio service, Venetian earthenware late 18th century

Triumph of Bacchus Centrepiece: Venetian Rosolio Service, Late 1700s

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Fresco Meeting of Mark Antony and Cleopatra, Este Ducal Palace Sassuolo, Room of Love, Boulanger and Cialdieri

Fresco "Meeting of Mark Antony and Cleopatra" in the Este Ducal Palace of Sassuolo

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Detail of fresco Meeting of Mark Antony and Cleopatra, Ducal Palace, Sassuolo

"Meeting of Mark Antony and Cleopatra" Fresco in Sassuolo

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Detail of the fresco 'Meeting of Mark Antony and Cleopatra' in Sassuolo with three women and a dog

Fresco 'Meeting of Mark Antony and Cleopatra' in Sassuolo: Analysis

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Detail fresco Meeting Mark Antony Cleopatra Sassuolo, dog and women's feet, Este Ducal Palace

Meeting of Mark Antony and Cleopatra Fresco in Sassuolo's Este Ducal Palace

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Artworks 'Sassuolo Painting Red' and 'Sassuolo Painting Green' by Phil Sims exhibited within stuccoes at the Este Ducal Palace, Sassuolo

Phil Sims: Contemporary Color Paintings at the Este Ducal Palace in Sassuolo

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Ceiling fresco with Bologna quadratura, Hall of the Guards, Este Ducal Palace in Sassuolo

Ceiling Fresco in Sassuolo: The Muses Present Literary Works to Apollo

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Frescoed ceiling of the Hall of the Guards, Este Ducal Palace in Sassuolo, with quadrature by Colonna and Mitelli

Ceiling of the Hall of the Guards: Colonna's Quadrature in Sassuolo

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Detail of the south-west wall in the Hall of the Guards, Sassuolo, showing the Este coat of arms and a balcony with figures, including a man with glasses

Hall of the Guards in Sassuolo: Bologna Quadrature by Colonna & Mitelli

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Detail of the Bologna Quarters in the Hall of the Guards, Este Ducal Palace in Sassuolo. Balcony with figures, including a man with glasses.

Sassuolo's Este Ducal Palace: Guards Hall & Man with Glasses Detail

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Fresco of the Hall of the Guards, Este Ducal Palace Sassuolo - Bolognese quadratura by Colonna and Mitelli

Frescoes in the Hall of the Guards at the Este Ducal Palace in Sassuolo

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View of the Bolognese quadrature by Colonna, Mitelli, Bianchi and Monti in the Hall of the Guards, Este Ducal Palace in Sassuolo, south-west wall

Bolognese Quadrature in the Hall of the Guards at the Este Ducal Palace, Sassuolo

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Baroque fresco depicting Apollo and the Muses in the Hall of the Guards at the Este Ducal Palace in Sassuolo, detail of quadratura

Fresco in the Hall of the Guards at the Este Ducal Palace, Sassuolo

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Orbicular view of Baroque frescoes in the Bacchus Gallery, Este Ducal Palace in Sassuolo

The Bacchus Gallery in Sassuolo: Jean Boulanger's Baroque Frescoes

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Bacchus Gallery, Este Ducal Palace Sassuolo, tempera paintings by Jean Boulanger

The Bacchus Gallery in Sassuolo: Jean Boulanger's Wall Paintings

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Mural painting by Jean Boulanger depicting Bacchus transforming the Bacchantes into trees, Bacchus Gallery, Este Ducal Palace, Sassuolo.

Jean Boulanger: Bacchus Transforms the Bacchantes into Trees

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Painting The Bacchantes Killing Orpheus by Jean Boulanger, Este Ducal Palace Sassuolo, tempera mural

The Bacchantes Killing Orpheus by Jean Boulanger in Sassuolo

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Jean Boulanger wall painting Bacchus Lycurgus Hermes Trismegistus Bacchus Gallery Este Palace

Bacchus, Lycurgus and Hermes Trismegistus by Jean Boulanger

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Painting by Jean Boulanger, detail from the Bacchus cycle in the Bacchus Gallery, Este Ducal Palace in Sassuolo

Jean Boulanger: Painting in the Bacchus Gallery of the Este Ducal Palace

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Mural painting Bacchus architects planning Nisa construction, Jean Boulanger, Este Ducal Palace Sassuolo

Bacchus with the Architects Planning Nisa: Jean Boulanger's Mural Painting

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Painting Lycurgus made mad by Bacchus by Jean Boulanger, Este Ducal Palace Sassuolo

Lycurgus made mad by Bacchus: Mural by Jean Boulanger

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Detail of The March to Egypt painting by Jean Boulanger, Bacchus Gallery, Este Ducal Palace in Sassuolo

Jean Boulanger: The March to Egypt in the Bacchus Gallery

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Italian Baroque tempera wall painting by Jean Boulanger 'Bacchus tames the tiger' in the Bacchus Gallery, Este Ducal Palace, Sassuolo.

Bacchus Tames the Tiger: Italian Baroque Mural by Jean Boulanger

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Mural by Jean Boulanger depicting Bacchus taming a tiger sent by Juno, Bacchus Gallery, Este Ducal Palace in Sassuolo

Bacchus Tames the Tiger: Jean Boulanger's Fresco in Sassuolo

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Painting of Bacchus and Ariadne on Naxos by Jean Boulanger, Bacchus Gallery, Este Ducal Palace Sassuolo

Bacchus and Ariadne on Naxos Painting, Este Ducal Palace Sassuolo

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Fresco The meeting in Egypt of Proteus king of Memphis with Bacchus, Bacchus Gallery Este Ducal Palace Sassuolo, Jean Boulanger 1652

The Meeting of Bacchus and Proteus: Fresco by Jean Boulanger in Sassuolo

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Wall tempera painting 'Raising the Columns on the River Ganges' in the Bacchus Gallery, Este Ducal Palace, Sassuolo, work by Jean Boulanger (1650-52)

Raising the Columns on the River Ganges by Jean Boulanger, Bacchus Gallery

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Detail of the painting Raising Columns on the Ganges, Jean Boulanger, Este Ducal Palace Sassuolo

Wall painting: Raising the Columns on the Ganges River in Sassuolo

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Detail of the wall painting Bacchus fighting the snake by Jean Boulanger, Este Ducal Palace Sassuolo

Bacchus Fighting the Snake: Jean Boulanger's Mural Painting

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Detail of the tempera painting by Jean Boulanger: Bacchus strikes the snake with a vine branch in a rocky landscape.

Bacchus Fighting the Snake: Baroque Art by Jean Boulanger

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Fresco by Jean Boulanger, Bacchus on elephant entering Thebes, Bacchus Gallery, Este Ducal Palace Sassuolo

Bacchus' Triumphal Entry into Thebes: Fresco by Jean Boulanger at Este Palace

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Weeping Bacchus and Ariadne painting by Jean Boulanger, Este Ducal Palace Sassuolo

Weeping Bacchus and Ariadne: Painting by Jean Boulanger in Sassuolo

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Bacchus Gallery ceiling fresco, Este Ducal Palace Sassuolo - Faux relief painting of Bacchus statue

Bacchus and Offerers: Ceiling Fresco by Jean Boulanger at Este Palace

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Ceiling painting Bacchus Gallery Sassuolo: Bacchus on barrel with cherubs by Jean Boulanger

Bacchus Painting by Jean Boulanger in the Este Ducal Palace, Sassuolo

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Detail of Jean Boulanger's Baroque tempera ceiling in the Bacchus Gallery, Este Ducal Palace in Sassuolo, featuring a faux gilded relief.

Jean Boulanger's Tempera Ceiling in the Bacchus Gallery, Sassuolo

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Faux gilded relief ceiling with Bacchus and a sacrifice scene, Bacchus Gallery, Este Ducal Palace in Sassuolo

Bacchus Gallery Ceiling: Jean Boulanger's Tempera (1650-52)

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Faux gilded relief ceiling with Bacchus and dancing canephors by Jean Boulanger, Ducal Palace of Sassuolo

Jean Boulanger's Ceiling in the Bacchus Gallery at the Este Ducal Palace

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Birth of Bacchus fresco by Jean Boulanger, Este Ducal Palace Sassuolo, detail of Jupiter and Semele

Birth of Bacchus by Jean Boulanger: Analysis of the Tempera Mural

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Ceiling fresco detail by Jean Boulanger, Bacchus and Venus and putti, Bacchus Gallery, Este Ducal Palace, Sassuolo

Bacchus and Venus and Putti: Baroque Ceiling by Jean Boulanger in Sassuolo

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Detail of the ceiling fresco depicting little Bacchus with three nurses, tempera by Jean Boulanger, Bacchus Gallery, Este Ducal Palace in Sassuolo

Tempera Painting 'Little Bacchus with Three Nurses' by Jean Boulanger

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Ceiling fresco in the Bacchus Gallery depicting the Triumphal Chariot of Bacchus pulled by Panthers, Este Ducal Palace, Sassuolo

The Triumphal Chariot of Bacchus: Baroque Ceiling Fresco by Boulanger

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The Marriage of Bacchus and Ariadne, tempera painting by Jean Boulanger, ceiling of the Bacchus Gallery, Este Ducal Palace, Sassuolo.

The Marriage of Bacchus and Ariadne: Baroque Ceiling by Jean Boulanger

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Detail of Jean Boulanger's ceiling painting in Sassuolo with vine shoots, grapes, flowers and a squirrel

Ceiling painting detail with grapes and squirrel by Jean Boulanger

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Ceiling fresco 'Pirates find Bacchus' by Jean Boulanger, Bacchus Gallery, Este Ducal Palace, Sassuolo, Baroque art

Pirates Find Bacchus: Jean Boulanger's Baroque Ceiling Fresco in Sassuolo

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Detail of the wall tempera painting 'Bacchus and the Secret of Wine' by Jean Boulanger, Bacchus Gallery ceiling, Este Ducal Palace, Sassuolo, 1650-52.

Bacchus and the Secret of Wine: Jean Boulanger's Tempera Mural

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The Wedding Banquet of Bacchus and Ariadne, Jean Boulanger, Este Ducal Palace Sassuolo

Bacchus and Ariadne: The Wedding Banquet Fresco by Jean Boulanger

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Baroque ceiling painting by Jean Boulanger depicting Bacchus transforming pirates into dolphins, Este Ducal Palace Sassuolo

Bacchus Transforms Pirates into Dolphins: Baroque Ceiling by Jean Boulanger

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Bacchus Gallery ceiling fresco Sassuolo: Medea and rejuvenation of Bacchus's nurses, Jean Boulanger 1652

Medea Rejuvenates the Nurses of Bacchus by Jean Boulanger

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Ceiling fresco Venus crown Ariadne Jean Boulanger Bacchus Gallery Este Ducal Palace Sassuolo

Venus gives the crown to Ariadne: fresco by Jean Boulanger in Sassuolo

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Wall tempera painting of the Bacchus Gallery ceiling: Bacchus, satyr and Medea by Jean Boulanger

The Ceiling Painting by Jean Boulanger in the Bacchus Gallery, Sassuolo

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Detail of the ceiling tempera painting showing Acetes imprisoned before Pentheus in the Bacchus Gallery, Este Ducal Palace, Sassuolo

Italian Baroque Wall Tempera by Jean Boulanger: Acetes and Pentheus

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Wall tempera painting ceiling Bacchus Gallery, Bacchus and Ariadne, Este Ducal Palace Sassuolo, Jean Boulanger 1652

Bacchus and Ariadne: Ceiling Fresco by Jean Boulanger in Sassuolo

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Detail of Bacchus Gallery ceiling fresco, Sassuolo: vine shoots, bunches of grapes, flowers and birds by Jean Boulanger

Jean Boulanger's Tempera Painting: Vine Shoots in the Bacchus Gallery

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Detail of the tempera wall painting depicting a Bacchus scene, a ceiling panel in the Bacchus Gallery of the Este Ducal Palace in Sassuolo, work by Jean Boulanger (1650-52).

Bacchus fresco panel by Jean Boulanger on the ceiling of the Este Ducal Palace in Sassuolo

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Fresco Meneos Daughters transformed into bats, Jean Boulanger, Este Ducal Palace Sassuolo

Meneos' Daughters Transformed into Bats, fresco by Jean Boulanger

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Baroque art fresco Bacchus and Silenus towards Lydia, Bacchus Gallery, Este Ducal Palace Sassuolo

Bacchus and Silenus towards Lydia: Baroque Art in Este Ducal Palace

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Wall tempera painting by Jean Boulanger, detail depicting Semele listening to Juno's advice, ceiling of the Bacchus Gallery.

Jean Boulanger's Wall Tempera Painting: Semele and Juno

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Facade of the Este Ducal Palace in Sassuolo as seen from Rosa Square

Este Ducal Palace Sassuolo: The Facade on Rosa Square

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Fountain of Neptune by Antonio Raggi in the courtyard of the Este Ducal Palace, Sassuolo, Italy

Fountain of Neptune by Antonio Raggi in the Este Ducal Palace, Sassuolo

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Sculpture of the Este eagle, the heraldic crest, on the facade of the Ducal Palace in Sassuolo, Modena, Italy

The Este Eagle: Heraldic Emblem on Sassuolo's Ducal Palace Facade

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Sculptural marble statue depicting Neptune, Antonio Raggi, Este Ducal Palace, Sassuolo, Modena

Neptune Statue by Antonio Raggi, Este Ducal Palace in Sassuolo

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Galatea statue by Antonio Raggi, fountain Este Ducal Palace Sassuolo Italy

Galatea by Antonio Raggi: Baroque Statue at the Este Ducal Palace, Sassuolo

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Decorative detail with cornice and allegorical figures by Baldassarre Bianchi and Gian Giacomo Monti, Church of St. Francis, Sassuolo, Italy

Illusionistic Decoration in the Church of St. Francis, Sassuolo

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Apotheosis of Saint Francis Baroque fresco by Jean Boulanger, Church of St. Francis, Sassuolo Italy

Apotheosis of St. Francis: Jean Boulanger's Baroque Fresco in Sassuolo

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Interior view of St. Francis Church in Sassuolo showing the frescoes by Baldassarre Bianchi and Gian Giacomo Monti, detail of the illusionistic architecture

Interior of St. Francis Church in Sassuolo: The Illusionistic Art of Bianchi and Monti