# Michelangelo Showing Lorenzo il Magnifico the Head of a Faun \(detail\)

[View the canonical artwork record](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vannini-ottavio-r7ee368a69235fb/michelangelo-showing-lorenzo-il-magnifico-the-head-of-a-faun-detail-refe630f28484df>)

## Artwork

- Artist: [VANNINI, Ottavio](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vannini-ottavio-r7ee368a69235fb>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Fresco

## Commentary

After almost two centuries, Grand Duke Fernando II paid homage in the Salone di San Giovanni in his palace to the patronage of his illustrious ancestor Lorenzo de&#39; Medici.

## Related artworks

- [General view of the Salone Terreno](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vannini-ottavio-r7ee368a69235fb/general-view-of-the-salone-terreno-r7caad788c5dfc4>)
- [Michelangelo Showing Lorenzo il Magnifico the Head of a Faun](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vannini-ottavio-r7ee368a69235fb/michelangelo-showing-lorenzo-il-magnifico-the-head-of-a-faun-r1c08de396d831c>)
- [Michelangelo Showing Lorenzo il Magnifico the Head of a Faun](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vannini-ottavio-r7ee368a69235fb/michelangelo-showing-lorenzo-il-magnifico-the-head-of-a-faun-rb104e503acc8b7>)
- [Scenes from the Reign of Cosimo II de&#39; Medici](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vannini-ottavio-r7ee368a69235fb/scenes-from-the-reign-of-cosimo-ii-de-medici-r73a945dd9129ea>)
- [View of the west wall \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vannini-ottavio-r7ee368a69235fb/view-of-the-west-wall-detail-re6ca81f477ce05>)
- [View of the west wall](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vannini-ottavio-r7ee368a69235fb/view-of-the-west-wall-r781914ae83a1a9>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)