Study for Detail of the Piazza delle Erbe, Verona Size:small Annibale Carracci's Choice of Hercules

Annibale Carracci's Choice of Hercules in the Palazzo Farnese was a source for the composition

Maoye Sheng

focussing on the buildings between the Calle del Traghetto and Rio dele Ostreghe

Corot used this sketch as a model for the background of two paintings of the 1860s

Study for Detail of the Piazza delle Erbe, Verona Size:small Annibale Carracci's Choice of HerculesThe drawing shows the Piazza delle Erbe in Verona, looking along the square to the north west. Two houses with frescoed facades (nos 21 3 and 27) can be seen on the left, as well as the late medieval Torre del Gardello. At the end of the piazza is the baroque Palazzo Maffei, and immediately to its right the frescoed facade of the Case Mazzanti. Umbrellas shade a few market stalls to the left of the square; in front of the Palazzo Maffei is the