The Palazzo Pitti in Florence, purchased from the Pitti family by the wife of Duke CosimoI de' Medici in 1549 and renovated and expanded by Bartolommeo Ammanati, served as a residence of royal proportions for roughly 350 years. It was occupied by the dynasties of the Medici, the Habsburgs, and finally the Savoyards, and subjected to constant adaptations and alterations. Intensive use by ruling families resulted in the lavish decoration of all floors. Fresco painters from three centuries contributed to the fixed decor of the public rooms and living quarters. Of its numerous apartments two suites of rooms stand out because of their decoration, function and size. These took their present form under Grand Duke Ferdinando II de' Medici (1610-1670), and for the most part they were spared later encroachments owing to their high-quality frescoes. These are the reception rooms in the left (north) wing used by Ferdinando II. The rooms on the cooler ground floor, directly connected with the Boboli Gardens by way of a loggia and a terrace, served him as a summer apartment (Appartamento d'Estate); his winter quarters (Appartamento d'Inverno), reached by way of a large staircase and capable of being heated, lie directly above these on the piano nobile.

In the winter quarters Pietro da Cortona decorated the Stanza della Stufa, the Rooms of the Planets (Sala di Venere; Sala di Giove; Sala di Marte; Sala di Apollo) between 1637 and 1661. The summer quarters were decorated by Giovanni da San Givanni, Francesco Furini, Ottavio Vannini, Cecco Bravo, Angelo Michele Colonna, and Ciro Ferri.

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	View of the Stanza della Stufa 1637-41 Fresco Palazzo Pitti, Florence	1000*1210 True Color 286 Kb
	View of the Stanza della Stufa 1637-41 Fresco Palazzo Pitti, Florence	1300*1003 True Color 292 Kb
	View of the Stanza della Stufa 1637-41 Fresco Palazzo Pitti, Florence	850*1212 True Color 228 Kb
	Age of Bronze 1641 Fresco Palazzo Pitti, Florence	1000*1410 True Color 238 Kb
	Age of Iron 1641 Fresco Palazzo Pitti, Florence	1000*1404 True Color 247 Kb
	The Age of Silver 1637 Fresco Stanza della Stufa, Palazzo Pitti, Florence	941*1200 True Color 276 Kb
	The Age of Gold 1637 Fresco Palazzo Pitti, Florence	1126*1450 True Color 289 Kb
	Study for the Age of Silver c. 1635 Black chalk and white lead on blue paper, 400 x 251 mm Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence	850*1324 True Color 191 Kb
	Study for the Age of Silver 1637 Red and black pencil on waxed paper, 350 x 246 mm Museo Horne, Florence	611*1100 True Color 135 Kb
	Study for the Age of Gold - Pen, ink, red chalk on white paper, 420 x 280 mm Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence	800*1046 True Color 177 Kb
	View of the Sala di Venere 1642 Fresco Palazzo Pitti, Florence	837*1200 True Color 210 Kb
	Ceiling painting 1642 Fresco Palazzo Pitti, Florence	1087*900 True Color 235 Kb
	Ceiling painting 1642 Fresco Palazzo Pitti, Florence	1200*1149 True Color 275 Kb
	Lunette painting 1642 Fresco Palazzo Pitti, Florence	1446*900 True Color 226 Kb
	Lunette painting 1642 Fresco Palazzo Pitti, Florence	1431*900 True Color 253 Kb
	View of the Sala di Giove 1643-44 Fresco and stucco work Palazzo Pitti, Florence	947*1400 True Color 278 Kb
	View of the Sala di Giove 1643-44 Fresco and stucco work Palazzo Pitti, Florence	1154*900 True Color 201 Kb
	Ceiling painting 1643-44 Fresco Palazzo Pitti, Florence	1100*900 True Color 237 Kb
	Ceiling painting 1643-44 Fresco Sala di Giove, Palazzo Pitti, Florence	1200*925 True Color 282 Kb
	Ceiling painting (detail) 1643-44 Fresco Sala di Giove, Palazzo Pitti, Florence	1800*1304 True Color 276 Kb
	Ceiling painting (detail) 1643-44 Fresco Sala di Giove, Palazzo Pitti, Florence	1400*916 True Color 282 Kb
	View of the Sala di Marte 1643-44 Fresco Palazzo Pitti, Florence	950*1104 True Color 211 Kb
	Ceiling painting 1643-44 Fresco Palazzo Pitti, Florence	1011*1300 True Color 262 Kb
	Ceiling painting (detail) 1643-44 Fresco Palazzo Pitti, Florence	1071*1300 True Color 226 Kb
	View of the Sala di Apollo 1642 Fresco and stucco Palazzo Pitti, Florence	1400*949 True Color 274 Kb
	View of the Sala di Apollo 1642 Fresco and stucco Palazzo Pitti, Florence	1500*981 True Color 286 Kb
	Wall painting 1642 Fresco Palazzo Pitti, Florence	1515*900 True Color 228 Kb
	Wall painting 1642 Fresco Palazzo Pitti, Florence	1500*902 True Color 219 Kb
	Ceiling painting 1647-59 Fresco Palazzo Pitti, Florence	950*1162 True Color 267 Kb
	Ceiling painting 1647-59 Fresco Sala di Apollo, Palazzo Pitti, Florence	1200*888 True Color 284 Kb
	Ceiling fresco in the Sala di Saturno 1663-65 Fresco Palazzo Pitti, Florence	1207*800 True Color 224 Kb
	View of the Sala di Saturno 1663-65 Fresco Palazzo Pitti, Florence	1098*770 True Color 203 Kb
	Study for the façade of the Palazzo Pitti 1640s Drawing Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence	1400*615 True Color 242 Kb