Palazzo Lante, also known as either Palazzo Medici Lante or Medici Lante della Rovere, is a Renaissance-style aristocratic palace located on Piazza Dei Caprettari #72, near the church of Sant'Eustachio in the rione named after the church in central Rome, Italy. Presently the palace houses both the offices of the

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and the Institute of Culture ''Pantheon''.

Description

Construction of the palace at the site was begun in 1513 under the ownership of

Giuliano de' Medici, Duke of Nemours Giuliano di Lorenzo de' Medici KG (12 March 1479 – 17 March 1516) was an Italian nobleman, the third son of Lorenzo the Magnificent, and a ruler of Florence. Biography Born in Florence, he was raised with his brothers Piero and Giovanni d ...

, then captain general of the Roman Catholic church and relative of the pope. The project was initially conceived by

Jacopo Sansovino Jacopo d'Antonio Sansovino (2 July 1486 – 27 November 1570) was an Italian Renaissance sculptor and architect, best known for his works around the Piazza San Marco in Venice. These are crucial works in the history of Venetian Renaissance archi ...

, including the elegant courtyard with fountains, but work remained incomplete for nearly 70 years, when it was purchased by Ludovico Lante, who completed the structure and whose name is inscribed on the portal. His son would marry Lucrezia della Rovere, heir of the family of Pope Julius II. Under the Cardinal Marcello Lante della Rovere the work by Lunghi and Romanelli were completed. The palace was linked to a palace once owned by the Cenci family with facade on the parallel Via del Teatro Valle, under the design of Onorio Lunghi. The frescoed lunettes in the piano nobile, depicting episodes and legends from Ancient Roman history, are by

Giovanni Francesco Romanelli Giovanni Francesco Romanelli (Viterbo, 1610Baldinucci claims the date is May 14, 1617.– Viterbo, 1662) was a major Italian people, Italian painter of the Baroque period, celebrated for his use of bright, vivid colors and also for his clarity ...

.Accurata, E Succinta Descrizione Topografica, E Istorica Di Roma
Volume 1, by Ridolfino Venturini, published by Carlo Barbellieni, Rome (1768); page 251-252. The subjects include the ''Story of Mars and Venus'', ''Allegory of Truth discovered by Time'', ''Romus and Remulus'', ''Numa Pompilius'', ''Cincinnati'', ''Oath of the Horatii'', ''Kidnapping of Sabines'', ''Diana'', and the ''Allegories of Po and Tiber''. The palace was sold off by heirs of the Della Rovere family in the late 19th century.

References

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Renaissance architecture in Rome