The decorations in hall VIII consist of seascapes set within the usual arabesque type designs. They closely resemble the decorations in the main reception hall of 1537 and were obviously done by the same painters, Gherardi and Battista from Città di Castello, reflecting a taste of that period which we can find at San Giustino, at S. Michele in Bosco (Bologna), in the Palazzo dei Conservatori and in Castel S. Angelo (Rome). It is difficult to evaluate their original level of quality because of their poor state of conservation and clumsily done restoration attempts in the past. So bad is the deterioration that they appear more the work of mediocre apprentices than that of a refined master as Gherardi. The curators of the Museum preferred to exclude the exibition of paintings in this room, leaving the richly decorated walls as undisturbed attraction along with only a few unobtrusive pieces of furniture.