Tour: Fresco Cycle with the Story of Procris and Cephalus

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These nine paintings are the only examples of an Italian Renaissance fresco series in America. Fresco (Italian for “fresh”) uses earth pigments that are painted quickly on damp plaster. As the plaster dries, the colors are chemically bonded into the wall surface. Some three centuries after these murals were created, they were removed from their original setting and mounted as panels.

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Captions

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1	Bernardino Luini, Procris' Prayer to Diana, c. 1520/1522
2	Bernardino Luini, Cephalus Hiding the Jewels, c. 1520/1522
3	Bernardino Luini, The Misfortunes of Cephalus, c. 1520/1522
4	Bernardino Luini, The Despair of Cephalus, c. 1520/1522
5	Bernardino Luini, Cephalus Punished at the Hunt, c. 1520/1522
6	Bernardino Luini, Procris Pierced by Cephalus' Javelin, c. 1520/1522
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7	Bernardino Luini, Cephalus and the Nymphs, c. 1520/1522
8	Bernardino Luini, Cephalus and Pan at the Temple of Diana, c. 1520/1522
9	Bernardino Luini, Procris and the Unicorn, c. 1520/1522