Fall of Phaethon

The picture shows the loggia before the recent restoration, during which the overpainting of the Ignudi was removed.

Painters, for the most part, were only interested in themes to the extent that they enabled them to demonstrate their abilities. They sometimes introduced things into their decorations that were not called for by the theme, but merely served to demonstrate their art. Girolamo Romanino’s Ignudi in the loggia of the Palazzo del Buonconsiglio in Trent were perceived by some viewers as a violation of the decorum.