VANNINI, Ottavio
(b. 1585, Firenze, d. 1644, Firenze)

Michelangelo Showing Lorenzo il Magnifico the Head of a Faun (detail)

1638-42
Fresco
Palazzo Pitti, Florence

After almost two centuries, Grand Duke Fernando II paid homage in the Salone di San Giovanni in his palace to the patronage of his illustrious ancestor Lorenzo de' Medici.