Palazzo Mattei di Giove
The Palazzo Mattei di Giove is one of several buildings erected by the Mattei family in the Insula Mattei in Rome . Other buildings include the Palazzo Mattei di Trastevere in the Roman district of Trastevere , the Villa Celimontana in the Roman district of Celio and, for example, in Umbria the Palazzo Mattei Paganica or the Palazzo Ducale in Giove . The palazzo is located between Via Michelangelo Caetani and Via dei Funari in the Roman district of Sant'Angelo .
Planning and construction
The builder Carlo Maderno , who worked in Rome, was involved in the construction of the palace from 1598 to 1611. The client was Asdrubale Mattei , Duke of Giove, a representative of the then powerful Mattei family, which included his brothers Ciriaco Mattei and Cardinal Girolamo Mattei and his sons Girolamo Mattei and Luigi Mattei .
Among other things, Maderno was responsible for the design of the street-side facade of the palace, the inner courtyard with its loggias and the altana , the roof loggia , of the palazzo. The facade facing the street is made of brickwork and travertine , the edges of the building show studs . The cornice is decorated with the family coat of arms, the Gonzaga eagles and the Mattei family's checkerboard pattern.
Before 1626, Pietro da Cortona was commissioned to decorate some parts of the ceilings of the arcades of the inner courtyard for the further furnishing of the palace .
history
Asdrubale Mattei is known as a great art lover. He is said to have given accommodation to the painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (Caravaggio) in the Palazzo in 1601 . In the 19th century, some of the palazzo's paintings were sold to the British collector William Hamilton Nisbet , who took them to Scotland . The building itself was acquired by the Italian state after the Mattei family died out in 1938.
Use in 2015
The building now houses various departments of the Italian Ministry of Culture, the Ministerio per i Beni Culturali , such as the Institute for Modern and Contemporary History and the Library for Modern and Contemporary History .
literature
- Gerda Panofski-Soergel: On the history of the Palazzo Mattei di Giove. In: Roman yearbook for art history. Vol. 11, 1967/1968, ISSN 0258-557X , pp. 111-188.
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Coordinates: 41 ° 53 ′ 38.5 " N , 12 ° 28 ′ 41.6" E