Ceiling painting
by CORTONA, Pietro da, Fresco
The picture shows the ceiling painting in the Sala di Marte. It depicts The Hero’s Victory at Sea and Allegory of Peace.
The Medici coat-of-arms, with its well-known arrangement of spheres in an oval, is prominently displayed at the centre of the ceiling. Next to it is Mars, about to start war with a lightning bolt, and below him scenes of naval and land battles.