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Ceiling 100
Two mirrors
Weeping eye
Seats
turning them
Imago
Combat of gladiators
Berlin Wall with German Grass and Skies II
Root room
Self-portrait of Frans Floris and William Key with Tito, Caio and Vitellius
Ceiling 100
Two mirrors
Weeping eye
Seats
turning them
Imago
Combat of gladiators
Berlin Wall with German Grass and Skies II
Root room
Self-portrait of Frans Floris and William Key with Tito, Caio and Vitellius

Combat of gladiators

Viviano Codazzi; Domenico Gargiulo

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Butera Palace

Butera Palace

Via Butera, 18, Palermo

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The collaboration between Viviano Codazzi from Bergamo, a specialist in ruins who probably arrived in Naples in 1634, and the figure painter Domenico Gargiulo enjoyed a certain success, so much so that it was mentioned in the most accredited source on Neapolitan painting of the seventeenth century, such as the Lives of Bernardo De Dominici. The Valsecchi painting represents a gladiatorial combat. The spectators are arranged in two arcades, inspired by the architecture of ancient Rome, interpreted according to already baroque indications. The back building, on the other hand, is reminiscent of the Pantheon, but the most interesting aspect of the painting is the background landscape, almost a painting within a painting, linked to Poussin's Roman painting.
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Title: Combat of gladiators

Author: Viviano Codazzi; Domenico Gargiulo

Date: 1635

Technique: Oil painting on canvas

Displayed in: Butera Palace

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