Study

The decoration of this room, also conceived by Michelangelo the Younger, dates from the years 1633-1637. On the ceiling, Cecco Bravo painted the personification of Fame. On the walls, Cecco Bravo again, Matteo Rosselli and Domenico Pugliani painted effigies of illustrious Tuscans, grouped into different categories: opposite the entrance, poets and writers; on the left, astronomers, mathematicians, seafarers, physicists, physicians and herbalists; on the right, orators, jurists, historians and humanists; above the entrance, philosophers and theologians. Beneath the frescoes runs a row of cabinets, inlaid with festoons of fruit, flowers and leaves in ivory and mother of pearl. The showcases contain examples of the diverse range of collecting interests shown by the family, covering areas from natural history to art.

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