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| Luca Giordano Apotheosis of the Medici Dynasty (detail) 1682-85 ceiling fresco Palazzo Medici Riccardi, Florence |
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| Luca Giordano Apotheosis of the Medici Dynasty (detail) 1682-85 ceiling fresco Palazzo Medici Riccardi, Florence |
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| Luca Giordano Apotheosis of the Medici Dynasty (detail) 1682-85 ceiling fresco Palazzo Medici Riccardi, Florence |
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| Luca Giordano Apotheosis of the Medici Dynasty (detail) 1682-85 ceiling fresco Palazzo Medici Riccardi, Florence |
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| Luca Giordano Apotheosis of the Medici Dynasty (detail) 1682-85 ceiling fresco Palazzo Medici Riccardi, Florence |
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| Luca Giordano Apotheosis of the Medici Dynasty (detail) 1682-85 ceiling fresco Palazzo Medici Riccardi, Florence |
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| Luca Giordano Apotheosis of the Medici Dynasty (detail) 1682-85 ceiling fresco Palazzo Medici Riccardi, Florence |
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| Luca Giordano Apotheosis of the Medici Dynasty (detail) 1682-85 ceiling fresco Palazzo Medici Riccardi, Florence |
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| Luca Giordano Apotheosis of the Medici Dynasty (detail) 1682-85 ceiling fresco Palazzo Medici Riccardi, Florence |
"It's here, in this hall, that the Medici attain their much sought-after goal: at the center of the ceiling, Giordano painted the Apotheosis of the Medici Dynasty, with Jupiter sitting atop a majestic cloud surrounded by members of the Medici family: Cosimo III, his sons Gian Gastone and Ferdinando, and his brother Cardinal Francesco Maria. Each mortal figure has a star painted above the head symbolizing the long-awaited ambition of reaching the heavens (thanks to Galileo Galilei, who dedicated Jupiter's four largest moons to the Grand Dukes, his long-time patrons)."
– Samantha Vaughan, in The Florentine (January, 2019)
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| Luca Giordano Apotheosis of the Medici Dynasty (detail) 1682-85 ceiling fresco Palazzo Medici Riccardi, Florence |
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| Luca Giordano Apotheosis of the Medici Dynasty (detail) 1682-85 ceiling fresco Palazzo Medici Riccardi, Florence |
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| Luca Giordano Apotheosis of the Medici Dynasty (detail) 1682-85 ceiling fresco Palazzo Medici Riccardi, Florence |
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| Luca Giordano Apotheosis of the Medici Dynasty (detail) 1682-85 ceiling fresco Palazzo Medici Riccardi, Florence |
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| Luca Giordano Apotheosis of the Medici Dynasty (detail) 1682-85 ceiling fresco Palazzo Medici Riccardi, Florence |
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| Luca Giordano Apotheosis of the Medici Dynasty (detail) 1682-85 ceiling fresco Palazzo Medici Riccardi, Florence |