History of Paul III

At almost exactly the same time as the Medici cycles in the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, the family cycles of the Farnese were painted in Rome and Latium. Vasari’s fresco of the deeds of Paul III in the Sala dei Cento Giorni of the Palazzo della Cancellaria, Rome, is the first large Farnese cycle. However, the dynastic themes of the Farnese are not unfolded in full until Salviati’s later frescoes in the Palazzo Farnese, which juxtapose the deeds of the older Farnese with those of Paul III.