Wall painting, Villa di Poggio a Caiano, Tuscany, Italy

Agnolo Poliziano crowning the head of Homer with a bay leaf wreath, monochrome wall painting by Luigi Catani, 1762-1840, in the Entrance Hall on the first floor or piano nobile, 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 Agnolo Ambra Angelo Apartments Begun Caiano Catani Cosimo Crowning Feltrini Firenze Forms Franciabigio Giuliano Homer Lorenzo Luigi Magnificent Magnifico Medicea Medici Montalbano Morta Museums Natura Nobile Poggio Poliziano Prato Sangallo Toscana Tuscan

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