GIOVANNI DA SAN GIOVANNI
(b. 1592, San Giovanni Valdarno, d. 1636, Firenze)

Ceiling decoration

c. 1637
Fresco
Palazzo Pitti, Florence

The picture shows the ceiling fresco in the Room of Giovanni da San Giovanni. It depicts the Allegory of the Marriage of Vittoria della Rovere with Ferdinando II de' Medici

In 1637, Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, married Vittoria della Rovere, last heir of the Dukes of Urbino, whose extraordinary dowry of art objects enormously enriched the already conspicuous outstanding Medici collections.