Baroque
The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...
palace located on Via Gino Capponi #26 in
Florence
Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilancio demografico an ...
, region of
Tuscany
Tuscany ( ; it, Toscana ) is a Regions of Italy, region in central Italy with an area of about and a population of about 3.8 million inhabitants. The regional capital is Florence (''Firenze'').
Tuscany is known for its landscapes, history, art ...
, Italy. There are apparently three other palaces once associated with the Capponi family:
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Palazzo Capponi-Covoni The Palazzo Capponi Covoni is a Baroque architecture palace in Florence, region of Tuscany, Italy. There are apparently three other palaces once associated with the Capponi family:
* Palazzo Capponi.
* Palazzo Capponi-Vettori.
*Palazzo Capponi alle ...
Palazzo Capponi alle Rovinate
Palazzo Capponi alle Rovinate is a late-Gothic architecture, Gothic and early Renaissance architecture, Renaissance-style residential palace located on Via de' Bardi in Florence, region of Tuscany, Italy. There are apparently three other palaces o ...
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History
Construction took place in 1702–1717 using designs by Carlo Fontana, and completed by Alessandro Cecchini. The palace was commissioned by the marchese Alessandro Capponi, on the street then called via San Sebastiano. The architect
Ferdinando Ruggieri
Ferdinando Ruggeri (Florence, 1691–1741) was an Italian architect, active in Florence during the late Baroque period.
Ruggèri helped design the left facade of the Church of San Firenze (1715), the Palazzo Capponi in Florence, the Palazzo Sans ...
may have contributed to refurbishment in later years. The Gardens were commissioned in 1740 by the sons of Capponi (Scipione and Francesco Maria). In 1788 the palace was inherited by Pier Roberto Capponi and later his son, Gino Capponi, a 19th-century Italian statesman and historian. Subsequently, the palace came to be owned in 1920 by the art collector Egisto Paolo Fabbri.
The interior has a theatrical entry staircase in pietra serena with a ceiling frescoed with an ''Allegory of Triumph''. The well has a grotto-like fountain with nymph statues. Among the painters here and in the rooms were Matteo Bonechi,
Atanasio Bimbacci
Atanasio Bimbacci (circa 1654 -1734) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in his native Florence. He painted a ''St Louis Gonzaga'' for the church of Santa Maria Maddalena de' Pazzi in Florence. He also decorated a number o ...
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Giovanni Cinqui
Giovanni Cinqui or Giovanni del Cinque (Scarperia, 1667 -1743) was an Italian painter.
Biography
He trained in Florence under Pietro Dandini, He worked in the court of Cosimo III. He painted in the Villa Medicea dell'Ambrogiana, the Palazzo di ...
, and
Giovanni Camillo Sagrestani
Giovanni Camillo Sagrestani (1660–1731) was an Italian painter of the Baroque era.
Biography
A native of Florence, he was, according to Lanzi, a pupil of Antonio Giusti, but became a follower of the style of Carlo Cignani.Palazzo Spinelli website Soprintendenza per i architettonici e paesaggistici (Beni Culturali) of Florence.