SMP Chigi KLuppel

Looking directly up into the dome, a central medallion shows God the Father as the Creator surrounded by eight panels. Seven panels contain the personified classical planets—Diana (Moon), Mercury, Venus, Apollo (Sun), Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn—each accompanied by an angelic mover, while the eighth depicts the fixed stars and the zodiac. The composition is unified by an elaborate gilded framework and classical architectural motifs.

This work represents a key synthesis of Renaissance Neoplatonism and Christian cosmology, illustrating the 'Harmony of the Spheres.' It visually interprets the idea that planetary movements are governed by divine angelic intelligences, a concept central to the thought of Marsilio Ficino and the intellectual circles of the Roman Renaissance.