Mythological Scenes from the Pitti Palace, Florence, by various engravers

These scenes are copies, in reverse, of the celebrated frescoes executed by Pietro da Cortona for Ferdinand II, Grand Duke of Tuscany for the Grand-ducal apartments at the Pitti Palace, Florence. The main figure in each fresco is a human personification of the ideal ruler depicted at different ages and corresponding with the character of the respective gods/goddesses: a youth on the path to virtue (Sala di Venere), to an old man raised in glory (Sala di Saturno). Each room was named after a Roman deity (Venus, Mars, Apollo, Jupiter and Saturn) and today houses part of the Pitti's celebrated collection of paintings.