The Jupiter Room
Sala di Giove
During the Medici time this was the Throne Room where the grand duke held audiences.
This room was completed as soon as Pietro da Cortona finished the Venus Room (1644-1646). The subject of the ceiling is Jove crowning the young sovereign . The decoration of this room is the most perfect of all the Rooms of the Planets." The fresco on the ceiling is one of extraordinary luminosity and ethereal transparency, and this is more obvious now after the restoration of 1999. The female figures who accompany the king of the gods and the smiling putti remind us of Correggio.
This room was completed as soon as Pietro da Cortona finished the Venus Room (1644-1646). The subject of the ceiling is Jove crowning the young sovereign . The decoration of this room is the most perfect of all the Rooms of the Planets." The fresco on the ceiling is one of extraordinary luminosity and ethereal transparency, and this is more obvious now after the restoration of 1999. The female figures who accompany the king of the gods and the smiling putti remind us of Correggio.
See also:
Bandini, Fabrizio, Felice, Alberto; "Il restautro dei tre soffitti delle tre sale dei pianeti a Palazzo Pitti a Firenze"; OPD restauro; vol. 21 (2009), pp. 145-160.
Russell, Susan. 1996. "Pietro da Cortona's Drawings of 'Minerva' for the Sala di Giove in the Palazzo Pitti." Master Drawings / Publ. by the Master Drawings Association, pp 303-308.
Bandini, Fabrizio, Felice, Alberto; "Il restautro dei tre soffitti delle tre sale dei pianeti a Palazzo Pitti a Firenze"; OPD restauro; vol. 21 (2009), pp. 145-160.
Russell, Susan. 1996. "Pietro da Cortona's Drawings of 'Minerva' for the Sala di Giove in the Palazzo Pitti." Master Drawings / Publ. by the Master Drawings Association, pp 303-308.