The focus of the first storey is a large seated statue of the pope by Silla Longhi, in a round-headed niche with a molded archivolt in yellow Siena marble. This is flanked by four Corinthian columns in a pale green brecciated marble, which are on high plinths and which support an entablature with an alabaster frieze. The columns flank two marble reliefs depicting important political events in the pope's reign.