Zelotti's Epic Frescoes at Cataio: The Obizzi Saga

List of Illustrations

11 • List of Illustrations • Zelotti’s Epic Frescoes at Cataio LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 1. Corner view of Room Six, the Room of Florence 2. The Castle of Cataio 3. Giovanni Georgi, Portrait of Pio Enea, 1659 4. Floor plan of the six rooms 5. Map of Cataio in the province of Padua 6. Filippo Roberti (drawing), Domenico Conte (engraving), Portrait of Giuseppe Betussi, n.d. Inset: Battista Zelotti, Portrait of Giuseppe Betussi (from life, ca. 1573), detail from Monarchy, oil on canvas 7. Battista Zelotti (?), Self-Portrait (?), n.d. 8. Title page of Ragionamento Sopra Cataio, 1573 9. The Castle of Cataio in the eighteenth century 10. Battista Zelotti, Venus between Mars and Neptune, ca. 1556 11. Bertoia (a.k.a. Jacopo Zanguidi) with collaborators, The Doge Francesco Dandolo Names Pietro Rossi General of the League against Mastino della Scala in 1336, ca. 1570 12. Taddeo Zuccari, Pope Paul III Blesses Charles V after His Return from Tunisia, ca. 1565 13. Andrea Mantegna, Camera degli Sposi, 1474 14. Giorgio Vasari, Pope Clement VII Crowns Charles V in San Petronio, Bologna, ca. 1565 15. Battista Zelotti, Democracy 16. Battista Zelotti, Aristocracy 17. View into Room One, the Genealogy Room 18. Monarchy Inset: Battista Zelotti, Portrait of Pio Eneo, ca. 1573 detail from Monarchy, oil on canvas 19. Fame 20. The Genealogy Tree 21. 1, I, 1010. Henry II Commissions Obizzo I as Lieutenant General of Tuscany and Genoa 22. 1, II, 1172. Obizzo II Duels with Vallaco 23. 1, III, 1233. Christians Fighting Infidels in the Sea of Lycia 24. 1, IV, 1179. Nicolò Embarks at Ancona as He Leaves for the Holy Land 25. 1, V, 1244. Luigi Liberates Pope Innocent IV from Sutri 1, V, 1244. (detail) 26. Insignia of the Church 27. Virtue 20 22 22 22 23 24 24 25 26 26 33 36 36 40 42 44 44 46–47 48 48 49 50 52 54 56 58 60 61 62 63 28. 2, VI, 1250. At the Urging of the Pope, Luigi Drives the Imperial Army of Frederick II Out of Florence 29. 2, VII, 1251. Luigi Marries Catherina Fieschi, Niece of Pope Innocent IV 30. 2, VIII, 1252. Obizzo III Created Captain of the Pope’s Guard; Luigi Commissioned General of the Church in Italy 31. 2, IX, after 1260. Anfrione and Thomaso Drove the Imperial Party from Lucca and Now Receive the Keys to the City 32. 2, X, 1261. Equestrian Statue in Honor of Thomaso, Who Defended Lucca 33. 2, XI, 1263. Pope Urban IV Sends Cardinal di San Egidio and Anfrione to England 34. 2, XII, 1268. Boniface, of the Tuscan Troops, Fights in Aid of Charles d’Anjou and Dies at the Battle of Tagliacozzo 35. Time, with Truth and Falsehood 36. 3, XIII, 1265. Lodovico with the Standard of Pope Clement IV 37. 3, XIV, 1285. Guglielmo Malaspina Orders Construction of the Bridge of St. John 38. 3, XV, 1300. Obizzo IV, Governor of Lucca, Is Assassinated 39. 3, XVI, 1301. Philip the Fair Conquers Ghent and Names Nicolò degli Obizzi Governor General of Flanders 40. 3, XVII, 1314. Gherardo degli Obizzi Rules Ferrara and Establishes the Family There 41. 3, XVIII, 1310. Roberto degli Obizzi, Commander of a Galley of Knights of Malta, Dies in the Sea Battle against the Infidels 42. 3, XIX. Lucio degli Obizzi Defends Lucca against Castruccio but Dies in the Battle 43. Prudence. Homage to the Pallavicini Family, Room Four, the Room of Prudence and Peace 44. 4, XX, 1315. The Funeral of Luti degli Obizzi, Killed during the Siege of Trapani 45. 4, XXI, 1330. Alemanno degli Obizzi Leads the Siege of Montecatini 4, XXI, 1330. (detail) 46. 4, XXII, 1335. Alemanno degli Obizzi Gives the Keys to the City of Parma to Obizzo 47. 4, XXIII, 1346. Alemanno degli Obizzi Battles against the Gonzaga Forces 64 66 67 68 70 72 74 76 78 78 80 82 84 84 86 88 90 92 93 94 96 12 • List of Illustrations • Zelotti’s Epic Frescoes at Cataio 13 • List of Illustrations • Zelotti’s Epic Frescoes at Cataio 48. 4, XXIV, 1354. Giovanni degli Obizzi, Commander of the Florentine Troops 49. 4, XXV, 1360. Thomaso degli Obizzi Receives a Seal from King John of Bohemia 50. Envy 51. Wall section in Room Five, the Room of San Marco 52. 5, XXVI, 1368. The Great Captain Giovanni Acuto Captured by Thomaso degli...