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The core element around which the rooms of the Zenobio palace are organized is the large double-story main hall (ballroom) complete with an orchestra balcony, and embellished with complex stucco work created by Abbondio Stazio sometime later than the frescoes. Twelve personifications of the Arts and Sciences, among them the nine Muses, sit on imaginary stools along the cornice that circles the walls of the room. The ceiling opens wide, exploding into an ornate projecting cornice that rests on large, bulging corbels. The large elliptical opening frames a view of the sky containing an allegorical depiction of Aurora. The entire ceiling is punctuated by displays of flowers and fruit. There are vases brimming with flowers in the corners of the room.
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