# Ceiling Fresco in the Hall of Saturn

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## Artwork

- Artist: [FERRI, Ciro](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ferri-ciro-r22113eb862783e>)
- Date: 1651-1700
- Technique: Fresco

## Commentary

The Hall of Saturn is part of a cycle of five rooms in the Palazzo Pitti, each one illustrating a different planetary deity \(the others are Venus, Apollo, Mars, and Jupiter\), who allude to the virtues and merits of the Medici dynasty. The stuccoes are framed by real stucco ornament, which is clearly distinguished from the painted scenes, thereby creating a sumptuous and dazzling decorative effect between the frescoes and the white and gilded stucco figures. The work was executed by Cortona&#39;s pupil Ciro Ferri after Cortona&#39;s design.

## Related artworks

- [Ceiling painting](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ferri-ciro-r22113eb862783e/ceiling-painting-rdae57a987145ca>)
- [Madonna and Child with the Infant St John](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ferri-ciro-r22113eb862783e/madonna-and-child-with-the-infant-st-john-rfeba138dd6deb4>)
- [The Reconciliation of Jacob and Laban](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ferri-ciro-r22113eb862783e/the-reconciliation-of-jacob-and-laban-rfd008b614da6a8>)
- [View of the Hall of Saturn](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ferri-ciro-r22113eb862783e/view-of-the-hall-of-saturn-r26e75699fb279a>)

## Attribution

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