Why it matters
Cosimo I de' Medici is raised to the heavens among clouds at the centre of the ceiling of the Hall of the Five Hundred in Florence. Vasari raised the ceiling by seven metres and filled it with 39 painted panels.
Did you know?
- It was completed in 1565.
- Vasari worked on the hall from 1555 to 1572.
- The hall measures 54 by 23 metres.
Based on the Dutch Wikipedia article De apotheose van Cosimo I (CC BY-SA 4.0).
