Frescoes

NOTES: El Escorial is a complex of buildings comprising a monastery, basilica, college and royal palace. It was begun in 1563 by Juan Bautista de Toledo and completed in 1584 after his death by the architect Juan de Herrera. The library frescoes depicting the arts are by Tibaldi.

NOTES: The Chiostro Verde is the smaller of Santa Maria Novella's cloisters and dates from 1350. It is decorated with frescoes including some by Paolo Uccello.

NOTES: This drawing is the basis for plate 12 of Goldicutt's Specimens of ancient decorations from Pompeii (London, 1825).

NOTES: The frescoes, designed by Primaticcio, were actually carried out by Niccolo dellÔÇÖAbbate and date from the 1550s. Hunting scenes are depicted on each side of the chimney breast. The chimneypiece was designed by Philibert de l'Orme.

NOTES: The Duomo was built 1215-1263 on the site of a much earlier structure, although the facade wasn't completed until after 1376. The choir stalls date between 1363-1397, but the gilded paintings on their backs were the work of Fra Giovanni da Verona from 1503-1506.

NOTES: The stucco work is by the Marsy brothers, Balthazard and Gaspard (1658). The medallions depicting the arts are by Bernard Lange and Jean-Francois Lorta (1801) and the central fresco showing Prometheus Giving Fire to Man is by Jean Baptiste Mauzaisse, dated 1826. The Sully Wing was built during the reign of Louis XIII by Lemercier between 1624-1654 and was an extension northwards of Pierre Lescot's wing of 1559.

NOTES: In 1655 the architect Le Vau was commissioned by Louis XIV to design a summer apartment for his mother Anne of Austria. This was situated on the ground floor of the south wing and was lavishly decorated by Romanelli in 1655-1658. The subject of the painting refers to the peace treaty signed between France and Spain ending the Franco-Spanish war which had lasted from 1635-1658.

NOTES: In 1655 Le Vau was commissioned to design an apartment for Louis XIV's mother Anne of Austria. This was situated on the ground floor of the south wing of the Louvre and was lavishly decorated by Romanelli in 1655-1658.

NOTES: In 1655 Le Vau was commissioned to design an apartment for Louis XIV's mother Anne of Austria. This was situated on the ground floor of the south wing of the Louvre and was lavishly decorated by Romanelli in 1655-1658.

NOTES: In 1655 Le Vau was commissioned to design an apartment for Louis XIV's mother Anne of Austria. This was situated on the ground floor of the south wing of the Louvre and was lavishly decorated by Romanelli in 1655-1658.

NOTES: In 1655 Le Vau was commissioned to design an apartment for Louis XIV's mother Anne of Austria. This was situated on the ground floor of the south wing of the Louvre and was lavishly decorated by Romanelli in 1655-1658.