About
1540/47 Antonio Cordini aka Antonio da Sangallo the
Younger (1483/1546) as Villa Silvestri for Eurialo Silvestri from
Cingoli butler of Pope Paul III Farnese (1534/49) on the area of the VELIA HILL
The palace was
built consciously on pre-existing archaeological remains consisting of a
housing complex of mid-first century AD, used and refurbished until the fifth
century
Renovated
in 1586 by Jacopo Del Duca (about 1520/1604),
who also rearranged the gardens for Alessandro de' Medici, the future Pope Leo
XI (1605)
Restored in
about 1612 by Jan Van Santen aka Giovanni Vasanzio
(1550/1621)
It belonged
to the Gonzaga family (1621/26), to the House of Savoy (1626/60) and then to
the Archbishop Ascanio Rivaldi who used it as the Conservatory of the poor
women beggars who were employed here working the wool with the name PIO
INSTITUTE RIVALDI
The garden
was reduced when the Velia Hill was mostly removed in 1932
Many
sculptures found here are now at the Vatican Museums and at the Centrale
Montemartini
It is being
renovated and there are plans to exhibit here the Torlonia collection of
statues if it would be finally acquired and pulled out of the basement of Palazzo Torlonia alla Lungara
where it is currently sadly stored
ROOM
WITH FRESCOED FRIEZE “The Story of Cupid and Psyche” first half of 1500s maybe
by Pietro Bonaccorsi aka Perin del Vaga
(1501/47) or by his pupil Pellegrino Tibaldi (1527/96)
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