Dining Room, Villa di Poggio a Caiano, Tuscany, Italy

Dining Room, with ceiling fresco, Apotheosis of Cosimo the elder Introduced to Jupiter by the City of Florence, 1698, by Anton Domenico Gabbiani for Ferdinando de Medici, and stucco designed by Antonio Sailer, 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 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 1513-20 1698 Ambra Apartments Apotheosis Begun Caiano Console Cosimo Degli Domenico Feltrini Ferdinando Firenze Forms Franciabigio Giuliano Introduced Jupiter Lorenzo Magnificent Magnifico Medicea Medici Montalbano Morta Museums Natura Poggio Prato Sailer Salone Sangallo Stucco Toscana Tuscan

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