Notes
The name of this room is due to the stucco works that adorn the vault and lunettes, dating from the period of Doge Marino Grimani (1595-1605). The stucco-works on the walls and ceiling were later commissioned by another Doge Pietro Grimani (1741-1752). Various paintings representing the life of Jesus Christ are present in this room, as well as a portrait of the French King Henri III (perhaps by Tintoretto), who received a magnificent welcome when he visited the Serenissima in 1574 on his way from Poland to take up the French throne left vacant with the death of his brother Charles IX.
References
Lorenzetti, Venice and Its Lagoon: Historical-Artistic Guide (Rome: Istituto Poligrafico dello Stato, 1961) as translated and with supplementary content by Taryn Marie Zarrillo, 2012/13
