View of the north wall

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The picture shows the north wall of the Salone Terreno (Room of Giovanni da San Giovanni) on the ground floor of the Palazzo Pitti. It shows Lorenzo de' Medici and the Accademia Platonica in Careggi (left) and Allegory of the Death of Il Magnifico (right). Lorenzo is shown at the Villa Careggi, a view of which is seen in the background, with members of the Platonic Academy founded by Marsilio Ficino.

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About the Artist

Francesco Furini

1603 – 1646

Florentine painter of biblical and mythological subjects heavy with female nudes, and of single half-length nudes in oppressive bluish tones with strong sfumato. In the 1630s he became a priest and devoted himself to religious works in the manner of Guido Reni.

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