# Palazzo Medici Riccardi: Courtyard [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MICHELOZZO DI BARTOLOMEO]() - Date: 1401-1450 - Technique: Photo ## Commentary The central courtyard of the Medici Palace is strikingly different from the exterior of the building. Here the novelty of the building becomes obvious in the refined classical detailing of the arcade which completely surrounds the courtyard, and in the sculpted roundels suggesting ancient Roman gems that decorate the frieze above the arcade. View the <a href="\#" onClick="w=window.open \('/support/plans/m/micheloz/1/medici1.html', 'newWin', 'scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=400,height=600'\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return false">ground plan</a> of Palazzo Medici Riccardi, Florence. ## Related artworks - [Corridor of the North Dormitory]() - [Courtyard]() - [Courtyard]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Funeral Monument of Cardinal Rainaldo Brancacci \(detail\)]() - [Funeral Monument of Cardinal Rainaldo Brancacci \(detail\)]() - [Funeral Monument of Cardinal Rainaldo Brancacci]() - [Funeral Monument to the Anti-pope John XXIII \(detail\)]() - [Funeral Monument to the Anti-pope John XXIII \(detail\)]() - [Funeral Monument to the Anti-pope John XXIII \(detail\)]() - [Funeral Monument to the Anti-pope John XXIII \(detail\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()