The 170×75 ft. ceiling of the grand salon has paintings of great episodes from the life of Cosimo Medici.

Leonardo da Vinci painted a huge battle scene along the way, but his experiment with wax-based paints melted. (wikipedia)

4 responses to “Cosimo’s Greatest Hits”

  1. Great capture; & thanks for the link.

  2. Looks much like the real-life version of Pannini’s paintings (which I like so much)… must have been the fashion.


    This is Rome, tho.

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