The Picture Gallery. Located on the same floor of the Royal Apartments is the Palatine Gallery, exhibiting one of the most important art collections in the city . of Florence. It comprises works by Raffaello, Tiziano, Correggio, Rubens, Pietro da Cortona and other Italian and European masters of the Renaissance and Baroque periods. In keeping with the original character of the collection, the museum does not have a chronological or thematic order, but instead the works are arranged in accordance with the aesthetic criteria typical of seventeenth-century picture galleries, which were based on the personal taste of collectors. The lavish picture frames also exemplify the element of personal taste: at the time of the Medici, works were commissioned with a specific frame and frames were made in accordance to a specific artwork. The frames are thus to be considered an inherent part of the paintings themselves. The expansive rooms of the museum are also elaborately decorated, including the rich ornamental motifs, frescoed ceilings and colourful wall coverings. Initially created as the private picture gallery of the Medici family, the museum also displays several examples of noteworthy statuary and original pieces of furniture, such as the mosaic table below located in the Jupiter Room.
TABLETOP FEATURING “COMMESSO� IN SEMIPRECIOUS STONES.
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