1542
designed by Antonio Cordini aka Antonio da Sangallo the
Younger (1483/1546) as his home
The
unfinished building was sold in 1550 by his Sangallo's son, Orazio, to Cardinal
Giovanni Ricci of Montepulciano treasurer of Paul III Farnese (1534/49)
Completed
in 1552 maybe by Sangallo's student Giovanni Lippi aka Nanni
di Baccio Bigio (about 1513/68) and his son Annibale
Lippi (active in Rome in the second half of the XVI century)
NYMPHAEUM
1660 by Carlo Rainaldi (1611/91)
It belonged
for nearly three decades until 1608 to the Ceoli family who enriched it with
ancient sculptures and then sold it to Cardinal Scipione Caffarelli Borghese
Later it
belonged to Cardinal Ottavio Acquaviva d'Aragona, and finally, from 1649, to
the Sacchetti family of Florence who still owns it
The GARDEN
of the palace was the first place in Rome where oleanders, very rare at the
time, would be cultivated
Emile Zola
chose the palace as the setting for his novel “Rome” even if with the
fictitious name of Palazzo Boccanera
ATRIUM
Bas-relief “Presentation
to the Senate of Caracalla by Septimius Severus (193/211)”
AUDIENCE
HALL or HALL OF THE GLOBES
Masterpiece
of Roman Mannerism “Stories of David” including “Bathsheba goes to
King David”
1553/54 by Francesco de' Rossi aka Francesco Salviati
(1510/63)
“Simulating
illusionistically complex decorative systems made of architecture and painted
sculptures, of fake easel paintings and tapestries (behind which is a
conceptual plot of meanings resulting from the complicated web of allegorical,
mythological and historical themes) Salviati gave another proof of the great
expressive features of Mannerism”(Carlo Bertelli, Giuliano Briganti, Antonio
Giuliano)
GALLERY
Copies of
sibyls and prophets from originals by Michelangelo executed by Giacomo Rocca (1592/1605)
“Holy Family” and “Adam and Eve” by Pietro Berrettini aka Pietro da Cortona (1597/1669)
CHAPEL
Frescoes
by Agostino Ciampelli (1565/1630)
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