QUADRO RIPORTATO

A ceilingfrescomade to look like framed easel paintings that have been attached to thevaultwith figures appearing to be viewed at normal eye level. TheFarnese ceiling(c. 1597-1600) in thePalazzo Farnese, Rome, andGuido Reni'sAurora(1613; Rome, Casino Rospigliosi) utilize this technique.