A Cracking Art snail installed in “Aeolus’s Cave” (Grotta di Eolo), Palazzo Leoni Montanari, Vicenza. Fresco of Aeolus by Giuseppe Alberti; stucco from the circle of Girolamo Aliprandi; stone sculpture of Venus and Cupid by Angelo Marinali. Fresco, stucco, and stone all late 17th century. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.
Horse skull sculpture as doorway decor at Palazzo Leoni Montanari, Vicenza. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.
Detail of Agostino Fasolato’s intricate marble sculpture, The Fall of the Rebel Angels, c. 1750. Palazzo Leoni Montanari, Vicenza. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.
Ceiling in the Loggetta of Zephyrus and Chloris, Palazzo Leoni Montanari, Vicenza. Fresco of Chloris by Giuseppe Alberti; stucco from the circle of Girolamo Aliprandi. Both made in 1688. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.
Cracking Art snails in front of a niche sculpture depicting the Rape of Proserpina, Palazzo Leoni Montanari, Vicenza. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.
Cracking Art meerkats flanking a stone fountain with the figures of Venus and Juno. Courtyard of Palazzo Leoni Montanari, Vicenza. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.
All photos from 2018. For more information on the palazzo and Cracking Art’s BarocCracking exhibition, see Part 1 of this series, or check out the Galleria d’Italia and Cracking Art websites.