The Palace and Park by Phillips, Forbes, Latham, Owen, Scharf, and Shenton

[Born at Cortona, 1596 or 1609. Died at Rome, probably about 1669.] A painter of the modern and degenerate school of art, who lived and worked at Florence and Rome. So stupid in his youth, that he was called “Ass’s Head.” Was employed to paint a ceiling in the Barberini palace--perhaps the largest picture ever undertaken by a single artist. At Florence he executed the ceilings of the Pitti palace. [This bust is by Pietro Pierantoni.]