Ucelleria frescoes   

Frescoes for the Ucelleria of Julius II (1508-1509)

by:   Peruzzi      patron:   Julius II      category: Fresco   

note:  Vasari notes Pope Julius II's commissioning from Peruzzi a rooftop birdhouse that included frescoed depictions of the personifications of the months in the midst of their occupations. Frommels notes the proximity of this escape to the Cortile del Pappagallo (Frommel 1967/68, no .59).