Fresco, Courtyard, Villa La Petraia, Florence, Tuscany

Catherine de Medici with her children, fresco, by Baldassare Franceschini, called Il Volterrano, 1611-89, commissioned by Lorenzo de Medici, from the Fasti Medicei, or Glories of the Medici family, series, in the internal courtyard at the Villa La Petraia, a 14th century Villa Medicea at Castello, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The children depicted are Francis II, Charles IX, Henry III, Francesco Ercole Duke of Alencon, Elizabeth Queen of Spain, Claudia Duchess of Lorraine, and Margaret wife of Henry of Navarre. The villa is now a museum and forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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1611-89 1637-47 Alencon Baldassare Ballroom Castello Commissioned Ercole Fasti Firenze Forms Franceschini Glories Internal Lorenzo Lorraine Medicea Medicei Medici Navarre Petraia Toscana Volterrano

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