The Card Game
by FASOLO, Giovanni Antonio, Fresco
The walls of the Central Hall are decorated with four scenes dedicated to villa life, separated by monochrome figures of giants standing on marble cubes. These giants support the frieze, where putti and heads of the Caesars appear. The four scenes are The Card Game and The Invitation to Dance to the right; The Concert and The Banquet to the left.
Despite the damages wrought by time and those caused by repainting carried out during a nineteenth-century restoration, these images display the realistic charge that marks Fasolo’s best work, and there is no doubt that the artist, who was also a talented portraitist, included among the protagonists of the frescoes likenesses of the owners and the people who frequented the villa.