Palazzo Farnese, Rome
Architect/Designer | Michelangelo (1475-1564) |
| Sangallo, Antonio da, il Giovane (1484-1546) |
Artist/Photographer | Piranesi, Giovanni Battista (1720-1778) |
Country | Italy |
City | Rome |
Subject Date | 1773 |
Image Date | 1773 |
View | Topographical |
Medium | Print |
Library Reference | SB101/1(107) |
Orientation | Landscape |
Colour Info | Black and white |
Credit | RIBA Collections |
Subject | Town houses ; Embassies, consular buildings ; Fountains |
SOURCE: Giovanni Battista Piranesi. Vedute di Roma (Rome, [1747?-1788]), pl. 107 NOTES: This High Renaissance palace, commissioned by Cardinal Alessandro Farnese in 1515, was begun in 1517, redesigned in 1534 and 1541 by Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, modified under Michelangelo from 1546, and completed in 1589. It has been used as the French Embassy since 1635.
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