MEDICI TOMBS, CEILING
FLORENCE ITALY
Image Number 151
In 1602 Grand Duke Ferdinando commissioned a splendid family vault for the Medici dynasty, so sumptuous that the rumor went round that the intention was to transfer the tomb of Jesus Christ from Jerusalem. Six Medici Grand Dukes are buried in the Chapel. Their wall tombs and sarcophagi, executed with artistry and costly materials, were the work of highly skilled craftsmen, but the gloomy pomp of the chapel has a chilling air about it, an indication that the heyday of Renaissance art came and went with the 16th century.
TECHNICAL NOTES
The image was taken with a tripod-mounted Phase One 645 Camera at ISO 800. Exposure of 1/15th second and aperture F3.4. 45 mm Phase One lens. The image was captured on a Phase One IQ180 80 megapixel digital back.