# View of the west wall \(detail\) [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [VANNINI, Ottavio]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Fresco ## Commentary The picture shows a wall in the <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/g/giovanni/sangiova/pitti1.html'\)" href="/html/g/giovanni/sangiova/pitti1.html">Room of Giovanni da San Giovanni</a> in the Palazzo Pitti. The frescoes were commissioned for the marriage in 1635 between the Grand Duke Fernando II de' Medici and Vittoria della Rovere. After the death of Giovanni da San Giovanni, these were finished by Ottavio Vannini, Francesco Furini, and Cecco Bravo between 1638 and 1642. The scene below the window represents Michelangelo Showing Lorenzo il Magnifico the Head of a Faun. ## Related artworks - [General view of the Salone Terreno]() - [Michelangelo Showing Lorenzo il Magnifico the Head of a Faun \(detail\)]() - [Michelangelo Showing Lorenzo il Magnifico the Head of a Faun]() - [Michelangelo Showing Lorenzo il Magnifico the Head of a Faun]() - [Scenes from the Reign of Cosimo II de' Medici]() - [View of the west wall]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()