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

Syphax of Numidia Receives Scipione after his Defeat of Hasdrubal in Spain, a metaphor for Lorenzo the Magnificent meeting King Ferdinand I of Naples in Naples, fresco, 1578-82, by Alessandro Allori, 1535-1607, in the Sala di Leone X, 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 was designed by Sangallo in 1485 and 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 1578-82 Alessandro Allori Ambra Apartments Banquet Begun Bronzino Caiano Cosimo Cristofano Exalting Feast Feltrini Firenze Forms Franciabigio Frescoes Giuliano Hasdrubal Leone Lorenzo Magnificent Magnifico Mannerism Mannerist Medicea Medici Metaphor Montalbano Morta Museums Natura Numidia Poggio Pontormo Prato Sala Salon Sangallo Sarto Scipione Toscana Tuscan

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