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

Sala di Leone X, 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, 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. Frescoes over doors and windows represent Virtues, Vertumnus and Pomona and are by Pontormo. The barrel vault coffered stucco ceiling contains Medicean emblems. 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 Begun Bronzino Caiano Coffered Contains Cosimo Cristofano Emblems Exalting Feltrini Firenze Forms Francia Franciabigio Frescoes Giuliano Leone Lorenzo Magnificent Magnifico Mannerism Mannerist Marcantonio Medicea Medicean Medici Montalbano Morta Museums Natura Poggio Pomona Pontormo Prato Represent Sala Salon Sangallo Sarto Stucco Toscana Tuscan Vault Vertumnus Virtues

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