Caption
Medici Villa La Petraia: “the Medici villa of Lappeggi”, in the lunette called “La Peggio”, one of the fourteen lunettes by Giusto Utens, Italianized name of Iustus van Utens, 1599-1602. This villa is located between the towns of Antella and Grassina, hamlets of Bagno a Ripoli.
The lunettes present idyllic aerial views of calligraphic precision, very decorative and precious evidence of the appearance of these buildings in the past. They were painted for the Medici villa of Artimino as an "inventory" (today we would say "cadastre") of the possessions of the Grand Duke Ferdinando I de' Medici, and after various moves, they are preserved today in the Villa La Petraia. Originally there were 17, but only 14 have reached us.
Detail with hunting scene.
Villa medicea La Petraia, Firenze (FI) - Florence, Toscana - Tuscany, Italia - Italy
Date
Mar 01, 2021
Credit line
Ghigo Roli/Photo12
Reference
GHR24A00_033
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Keywords
Rinascimento Renaissance Italy Toscana Tuscany Firenze Florence Villa Mansion Villa Medicea La Petraia Medici Villa La Petraia Nobility Aristocracy Medici Garden Villa di Delizie Villa of Delights 16e siècle XVI Century Il Cinquecento 16th Century Art Artwork Painting View Landscape Italian Landscape Iustus van Utens Lunette Architecture Building Villa Medicea Medici Villa Villa di Lappeggi Lappeggi Villa Horse Dog Tree Rinascimento Renaissance
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