Fresco, Courtyard, Villa La Petraia, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

Pope Leo X meeting Francois I of France, fresco, detail, by Baldassare Franceschini, called Il Volterrano, 1611-89, commissioned by Lorenzo de Medici, from the Fasti Medicei, or Glories of the Medici family, series, in the internal courtyard at the Villa La Petraia, a 14th century Villa Medicea at Castello, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The meeting took place in 1515 in Bologna to agree possession of the duchies of Parma and Piacenza. The villa is now a museum and forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Pope Leo X meeting Francois I of France, fresco, detail, by Baldassare Franceschini, called Il Volterrano, 1611-89, commissioned by Lorenzo de Medici, from the Fasti Medicei, or Glories of the Medici family, series, in the internal courtyard at the Villa La Petraia, a 14th century Villa Medicea at Castello, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The meeting took place in 1515 in Bologna to agree possession of the duchies of Parma and Piacenza. The villa is now a museum and forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen