Ceiling, Sala di Leone X, Villa di Poggio a Caiano, Tuscany

Barrel vaulted coffered stucco ceiling, with many Medicean emblems including the central emblem of Giovanni de Medici or Pope Leo X, in the Main Hall, designed by Sangallo in 1485, in the Villa di Poggio a Caiano, a Medici Villa built from 1480 in Renaissance style by Giuliano da Sangallo, 1443-1516, for Lorenzo de Medici, in Poggio a Caiano, Prato, Tuscany, Italy. The hall is painted with frescoes by Pontormo, Allori, Andrea del Sarto and Franciabigio exalting the glory of the Medici dynasty. The villa was begun 1480-95 and completed 1513-20 under Giovanni de Medici by Andrea di Cosimo Feltrini and Franciabigio. The museum now houses 2 museums, the Museo della Natura Morta or Still Life Museum, and the Historic Apartments. It forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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1443-1516 1480 1480-95 1485 1513-20 Allori Ambra Apartments Begun Caiano Coffered Cosimo Emblems Exalting Feltrini Firenze Forms Franciabigio Frescoes Giuliano Heraldic Leone Lorenzo Magnificent Magnifico Medicea Medicean Medici Montalbano Morta Museums Natura Poggio Pontormo Prato Sala Salon Sangallo Sarto Stucco Toscana Tuscan Vault Vaulted

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