Study, Villa di Poggio a Caiano, Tuscany, Italy

Study, with Prussian chandelier and candlesticks in gilded bronze and painted glass, in the Apartment of Elisa and the Bella Rosina, 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. These rooms were lived in from 1809 by Elisa Bonaparte Baciocchi, sister of Napoleon and Grand Duchess of Tuscany, then from 1856 by Rosa Vercellana, the Bella Rosina, wife of Vittorio Emanuele II. 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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