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PALAZZO ALTIERI.
PLATE 15.
PAINTINGS IN THE VESTIBULE IN THE PALAZZO ALTIERI, VIA DEL DELFINO.
This small palace belonged to the noble family of the Altieri, and
probably was inhabited by them before Clement X., a Pope of that
family, filled the chair of St. Peter, when his opulent relations built the
splendid palace in the Piazzo del Gesù, and the magnificent villa, near
S. Croce in Gerusalemme. It contains in the vestibule of the first floor
some exquisite specimens of arabesque paintings in the Pompeian
style. The light architecture of the Zuccari, and the elegant profile
of the cornice, point it out as a work of the time of Bramante ; its
architect, however, is as unknown as the author of the elegant paintings
that decorate the ceiling. The delicate salmon tint of the ceiling has a
very agreeable effect with the brilliant white of the soffits: the
archivolts are adorned with stuccoes, and the lunettes are again borrowed
from classical sources.
PALAZZO ALTIERI.
PLATE 15.
PAINTINGS IN THE VESTIBULE IN THE PALAZZO ALTIERI, VIA DEL DELFINO.
This small palace belonged to the noble family of the Altieri, and
probably was inhabited by them before Clement X., a Pope of that
family, filled the chair of St. Peter, when his opulent relations built the
splendid palace in the Piazzo del Gesù, and the magnificent villa, near
S. Croce in Gerusalemme. It contains in the vestibule of the first floor
some exquisite specimens of arabesque paintings in the Pompeian
style. The light architecture of the Zuccari, and the elegant profile
of the cornice, point it out as a work of the time of Bramante ; its
architect, however, is as unknown as the author of the elegant paintings
that decorate the ceiling. The delicate salmon tint of the ceiling has a
very agreeable effect with the brilliant white of the soffits: the
archivolts are adorned with stuccoes, and the lunettes are again borrowed
from classical sources.