Palazzo Vidoni Caffarelli

An etching by Pietro Ferrerio showing the façade of Palazzo Vidoni Caffarelli, a building in the centre of Rome, executed possibly on Raphael's project, with the involvement of Lorenzo Lotti (Lorenzetto). This print is from the print series 'Palazzi di Roma', published by Giovanni Giacomo Rossi. An Italian inscription below the image explains the building's history and location. The print is lettered with a scale and is signed by the printmaker. Trimmed within the platemark.

Ruland (1876) specifies that this print shows the palace "with a front of only twelve windows" (see RCIN 854164 for a representation of the front of the palace with seventeen windows).  

This palace was commissioned by Bernardino Caffarelli and erected between 1515 and 1538, with the inclusion of other older buildings. In the 18th century the palace was bought by Cardinal Vidoni (hence its current name) who enlarged it and it was later acquired by the Giustiani Bandini family. The Palace is decorated with 16th century frescoes (in the Charles V room) possibly executed by the school of Perin del Vaga and with other frescoes by Roman artists of the 18th century.