Poccetti's Corridor
Corridorio del Poccetti
During the 17th century this room was referred to as the "loggetta made into a gallery". It was, that is to say, a passageway open to an interior courtyard that connected the private apartment of the grand duke with the apartment of the grand duchess.
The logetta was closed off early in the 19th century (1813) and became a part of the new Palatine Gallery. The pictorial decoration was executed during and just after the reign of Cosimo II, between 1620 and 1625. The traditional name of this corridor refers to the painter Poccetti (Bernardino Barbatelli), though not because of his role in decorating the room. It was, instead, planned by his student Michelangelo Cinganelli and executed with the help of several other Florentine painters: Filippo Trachiani, Matteo Rosselli, and Ottavio Vannini. The ceiling, subdivided into squares and cartouches built into the architecture, is in keeping with the typical taste at the end of the 16th century and the beginning of the 17th century. Allegorical figures, Faith, Justice, and Strength are represented.
The logetta was closed off early in the 19th century (1813) and became a part of the new Palatine Gallery. The pictorial decoration was executed during and just after the reign of Cosimo II, between 1620 and 1625. The traditional name of this corridor refers to the painter Poccetti (Bernardino Barbatelli), though not because of his role in decorating the room. It was, instead, planned by his student Michelangelo Cinganelli and executed with the help of several other Florentine painters: Filippo Trachiani, Matteo Rosselli, and Ottavio Vannini. The ceiling, subdivided into squares and cartouches built into the architecture, is in keeping with the typical taste at the end of the 16th century and the beginning of the 17th century. Allegorical figures, Faith, Justice, and Strength are represented.