Palazzo Caprini
Palazzo Caprini was a Renaissance palazzo in Rome, Italy, in the Borgo rione between Piazza Scossacavalli and via Alessandrina (also named Borgo Nuovo). It was designed by Donato Bramante around 1510, or a few years before.
It was also known as Palazzo di Raffaello, or Raphael's House, since the artist had bought it in 1517 and lived there until his death.[1] In the late 16th century the building, already decayed and crumbling, underwent a total renovation and constituted the core of the much larger Palazzo dei Convertendi.[2] Its appearance is known from an etching by Antoine Lafréry and a partial sketch attributed to Andrea Palladio.[3]
The palace had a façade with five bays and two levels, with rustication (obtained with stucco) at the lower floor. The upper floor had windows divided by double Doric columns, surmounted by a complete entablature.
Its garden house was destroyed in 1848. [4]
Notes
Sources
- Bruschi, A. (1989). "Edifici privati di Bramante a Roma". Palladio II (4).
- Bruschi, A. (1969). Bramante architetto.
- Gigli, Laura (1992). Guide rionali di Roma (in Italian). Borgo (III). Roma: Fratelli Palombi Editori. ISSN 0393-2710.
Coordinates: 41°54′09″N 12°27′38″E / 41.9026°N 12.4606°E
[4] Herman Grimm, Leben Michelangelo's