Villa Medicea, Cafaggiolo
by UTENS, Giusto, Fresco
The picture showing the Villa Medicea at Cafaggiolo is one of the 14 paintings in lunette form which represent the Medici villas. They were made by artist in 1599-1602 for the third grand duke of Tuscany, Ferdinando I.
The Villa Medicea di Cafaggiolo was one of the oldest and most favoured of the Medici family estates. The villa was reconstructed following designs of the architect Michelozzo in 1452, becoming a meeting place for some of the greatest intellectuals of the Italian Renaissance. The Medici visited it often: as a consequence, the villa was the scene of many momentous events in the history of the dynasty, ranging from the reception of Medici brides to the murder of a Medici wife.