Spiegazione delle pitture del gran salone del Palazzo Vecchio di Firenze
Subtitle: fatta in forma di dialogo
By: da Giorgio Vasari, pittore e architetto
Publisher: G. Molini
Published: 1819
Place of publication: Firenze
Language: ita
Number of pages: 37
Subjects: Renaissance Mural painting and decoration; Renaissance Painting; Palazzo vecchio (Florence, Italy)
Description: Description of the decoration of the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, given by the artist in the form of a dialogue between himself and Prince Francesco, son of Cosimo I dei Medici.
Notes: The dialogues were found in Vasari's papers after his death and published by Filippo Giunti in Florence in 1588. They were reprinted with annotations in Arezzo in 1762. The final dialogue, reprinted in this edition, was intended to illustrate the stories depicted in the grand Salon of the Palazzo.