Annibale Carracci
Farnese Palace


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  • Farese Family Palace, Rome
  • 1596

In rooms adjoining the gallary, Carracci painted a series of gigantic mythic scenes. The fresco depicts the jealous Cyclops, Polyphemus, as he prepares to hurl a rock at Acis, the beloved of the sea nymph Galatea.

 

 

 

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