The Palazzo Vivarelli Colonna is a palace located at via Ghibellina #30, corner with angolo via delle Conce, in central
Florence
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in the region of Tuscany,
Italy
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History
The palace has had multiple owners over the centuries. In the 16th century, the Granacci combined a number of structures at the locale into one palace and garden. From the 16th to the 18th century it was owned by the Gaburri including by the art patron
Francesco Maria Niccolò Gabburri
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, before being inherited by the Lotteringhi della Stufa family. In the 19th century, it was owned by the banker Michele Giuntini, who commissioned a cycle of frescoes here. From 1857 to 1979 it was owned by the Vivarelli Colonna.
The palace once had frescoes by
Antonio Domenico Gabbiani
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Biography
Born in Florence, Gabbiani first apprenticed with the Medici court portrait painter Justus Sustermans, then w ...
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Pier Dandini
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He is also called ''Pier Dandini''. He was the son (or nephew) and pupil of the painter Vincenzo Dandini. Pie ...
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Alessandro Gherardini
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He was the pupil of the painter Alessandro Rosi. In Florence, he painted a ''Crucifixion'' for the Monastery of the A ...
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Giovanni Camillo Sagrestani
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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.Angiolo Angiolini,
Luigi Catani
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He was born in Prato and died in Florence. He was a pupil of Pietro Benve ...
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Gasparo Martellini
Gasparo Martellini
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He was a pupil of Pietro Benvenuti at the Academy of Fine Arts, Florence. He developed an affinity to the atavistic Purismo st ...
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Giuseppe Collignon
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He was a contemporary of Pietro Benvenuti and Luigi ...
Giuseppe Bezzuoli
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He studied as a young man under Jean-Baptiste Desmarais a ...
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The palace has a small formal Italian-style garden adorned with an 18th-century wall fountain and grotto installed by Gabburri depicting
Orpheus
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and his lyre. The garden was restored just before the year 2000. The building is now owned by the City of Florence.See Italian wikipedia entry for more details.