THE CEILING FRESCOES
Giuseppe Roli, who painted the frescoes in the ancestral hall, also designed the margravine's rooms between 1704 and 1707, with the help of his students, Giuseppe Antonio Caccioli and Pietro Antonio Farina. These Bolognese artists were specialists in quadratura painting: Their illusionistic style makes spaces appear larger than they actually are. The scene in the audience room depicts “Raising Hercules”, which is a reference of Sibylla Augusta as a mother.