CORTONA, Pietro da
(b. 1596, Cortona, d. 1669, Roma)

View of the Sala di Marte

1643-44
Fresco
Palazzo Pitti, Florence

The Sala di Marte (Hall of Mars), a totally Baroque room, boasts the soaring frescoed ceiling by Pietro da Cortona. On the red-draped walls hang some of the most important Baroque paintings of the Palatine gallery.




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