Palazzo Maccarani Stati Explained

Palazzo Maccarani Stati
Location City:Rome
Location Country:Italy
Building Type:Palazzo
Architectural Style:Renaissance
Start Date:1519
Stop Date:1524
Architect:Giulio Romano
Floor Count:3 levels
Owner:State property

The Palazzo Maccarani Stati is a medieval palace located in Rome in Sant'Eustachio.[1] [2] The palace was designed by Giulio Romano; this is his last work in Rome. The name of the palace has two surnames. Stati is the surname of the initial owners of the structure. The building was a private palace of the wealthy Stati family that later went bankrupt.[3] In 1786, the palazzo passed to the Maccarani family, related to the initial owners.

History

According to what Giorgio Vasari claims in his Vite, in 1521, the curator of Rome Cristoforo Stati (1498–1550),[4] belonging to the ancient Roman line of the Statis of Tomarozzi, with money from the dowry of his wife Faustina Cenci, entrusted the renovation of some family properties in today's Sant'Eustachio to his architect and painter Giulio Romano. The latter was inspired by the structure, although simplified, of Palazzo Caprini by Donato Bramante.[5] The palace formerly known as Palazzo Stati Cenci, today as Palazzo Maccarani Stati, is one of the Romano's rare projects.

Architecture

The facade on Piazza S. Eustachio has an ashlar ground floor featuring four garage doors and a portal with two rusticated pilasters that support the triangular tympanum; above is the mezzanine floor with four simple rectangular windows. The windows are extended horizontally.

The first noble floor facade features five alternating arched and triangular large windows and numerous paired pilasters. The second noble floor has five smaller arched windows.[6]

The building surrounds an interior courtyard.[7]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Joannides . Paul . Raphael . 7 July 2022 . . 978-0-500-77685-8 . 1486 . 16 December 2023 . en.
  2. Book: Sullivan . George H. . Not Built in a Day: Exploring the Architecture of Rome . 28 April 2009 . . 978-0-7867-3630-0 . 16 December 2023 . en.
  3. Web site: Roma e il Palazzo Stati Maccarani di Giulio Romano - ArtAut . artaut.com . 18 December 2023 . it-IT . 21 November 2021.
  4. Book: Campbell . Thomas P. . Tapestry in the Renaissance: Art and Magnificence . 2002 . . 978-1-58839-022-6 . 341 . 16 December 2023 . en.
  5. Book: Fürst . Ulrich . The Architecture of Rome: An Architectural History in 400 Individual Presentations . 1998 . Edition Axel Menges . 978-3-930698-60-8 . 136 . 16 December 2023 . en.
  6. Book: Opuscula Romana . 2001 . C. W. K. Gleerup . 978-91-7042-164-8 . 49 . 16 December 2023 . en.
  7. Web site: Exterior view by GIULIO ROMANO . .wga.hu . 18 December 2023.