Museum
Palazzo Fava
Frescoed Renaissance palace where the young Carracci cousins painted their first major commission.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Palazzo Fava in Bologna traces how a nobleman's tailor talked his way into landing his two sons, Agostino and Annibale Carracci, and their cousin Ludovico, their first major commission in fifteen eighty-four. It follows the young painters as they filled a hall with the sea voyage of Jason and the Argonauts, chasing a golden fleece across open water. Best heard while looking up at the rigging and the oarsmen's straining shoulders.
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