The Justice Room
Sala della Giustizia
later, the Pope's Bedroom
The attribution of the canvas painted for the ceiling of this room is problematic. It dates from the time of Ferdinando I (1549-1609).
In the room given to Pope Pius IX in 1854 during his visit to the Tuscan grand dukes, the decoration is more rich and magnificent, partly due to the presence of the monumentally carved and gilded bed, and a canopy (the latter being a 19th century reconstruction done by court artisans, using older pieces.
Here too the wall tapestries have a dominate presence, such as Madonna with cat, from a painting by Federico Barocci and woven by the French artist Pierre Fevère (1664) and the Death of Cleopatra, made in Brussels in the 17th century. Beside the bed, in the beautiful frame by Petitot, we find The Crucifix, based on cartoons by J.B. Van der Loo, from the Royal Gobelin Factory, dated 1751.
Navarro, Fausto; "Tapestry Apartments", Pitti Palace: all the museums, all the works, Sillabe, 2001, pp. 72-75.
Navarro, Fausto; "Tapestry Apartments", Pitti Palace: all the museums, all the works, Sillabe, 2001, pp. 72-75.