MITELLI, Agostino
(b. 1609, Battidizzo, d. 1660, Madrid)

Ceiling fresco (detail)

1639
Fresco
Palazzo Pitti, Florence

The Bolognese fresco painter Agostino Mitelli created illusions of extended space by employing complex rules of optical perspectives and foreshortenings. This room, the Sala dell'Udienza del Granduca, which includes false and real windows, was used as the large audience hall of the grand duke.




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