Architecture
Raphael's career as an architect saw him work on St Peter's Basilica, Vatican
CARLO PONTANI (19C)
Details of Palazzo Uguccioni
published 1845Etching | 31.1 x 47.1 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 854147
An etching by Carlo Pontani depicting the details of Palazzo Uguccioni, a Renaissance palace built c.1550-1560 in Piazza della Signoria, Florence. This print was published by Pontani in "Opere architettoniche di Raffaello Sanzio, incise e dichiarate dall'Architetto Carlo Pontani", published in two volumes in 1841 and 1845. The print is lettered with the title in Italian and a scale. Signed by the printmaker. Annotated on the verso.
The building, standing in one of the most famous squares in Florence, was built for Giovanni Uguccioni c.1550-1560. Because of its quality, scholars suggested many famous artists as possible architects: Raphael (who died thirty years before construction began), Michelangelo or Andrea Palladio, without reaching a consensus. Other attributions were made to Bartolomeo Ammannati and Raffaello da Montelupo.
The information about the construction of this building is minimal: the only certainty is that the drawings for this project had arrived in Florence from Rome before July 1549, when Uguccioni took them to court to receive support for his building. The 16th century sources do not mention this building and in the 18th and 19th century various attributions were suggested, and in particular the name of Mariotto di Zanobi Folvi as the artist who executed the wood model for the facade of the Palace (see Bibliographic References).
The building, standing in one of the most famous squares in Florence, was built for Giovanni Uguccioni c.1550-1560. Because of its quality, scholars suggested many famous artists as possible architects: Raphael (who died thirty years before construction began), Michelangelo or Andrea Palladio, without reaching a consensus. Other attributions were made to Bartolomeo Ammannati and Raffaello da Montelupo.
The information about the construction of this building is minimal: the only certainty is that the drawings for this project had arrived in Florence from Rome before July 1549, when Uguccioni took them to court to receive support for his building. The 16th century sources do not mention this building and in the 18th and 19th century various attributions were suggested, and in particular the name of Mariotto di Zanobi Folvi as the artist who executed the wood model for the facade of the Palace (see Bibliographic References).
Creator(s)
Carlo Pontani (19C) (etcher)
After Raphael (Urbino 1483-Rome 1520) (artist)
Top XVI
31.1 x 47.1 cm (sheet of paper)
26.8 x 36.0 cm (platemark)
Dettagli del Palazzo Uguccioni in Firenze
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Italy
- Tuscany [Italy]
- Florence [Italy]
- Palazzo Uguccioni [Florence]
- Florence [Italy]
- Tuscany [Italy]
- Italy
- Europe
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- Architecture
- Architectural design
- Façades
- Architectural design
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