Studiolo of Francesco I Self-researched

Location: Palazzo Vecchio, Florence
Medium: Various (paintings, bronzes)
Date: 1570-1572

A small painting-encrusted barrel-vaulted room commissioned by Francesco I de' Medici. The intimate space features over 30 paintings by various Mannerist artists and eight bronze statuettes, designed as a cabinet of curiosities. The iconographic program was devised by the scholar Vincenzo Borghini.