Palazzo di Bianca Cappello

The Palazzo di Bianca Cappello , originally that of the family florentine Corbinelli, is located at the 26 of Via Maggio in the district of the Oltrarno of Florence.

History

It is built especially by François I {{er}} of Médicis for its mistress Bianca Cappello, on the basis of building old of the Quattrocento.

He entrusts construction of it to Bernardo Buontalenti which will become then its architect and appointed scenographer of the court of the Large-duke of Tuscany.

After the untimely death of Giovanna his wife, they could marry each other in 1579 but the idylle was completed by their deaths in the Villa médicéenne of Poggio has Caiano in 1587, each one one away day, perhaps due to a poisoning ordered by the Ferdinand cardinal who will become Ferdinand I {{er}} of Médicis the same year.

Meanwhile, Bianca, become large-duchess, resides at the Pitti Palate since 1573. She yields the Cappello palate to the Hospital of Santa Maria Novella.

The famous frescos Grotesque S on the frontage are the famous work of Bernardino Poccetti (1579-1580). It is yielded to Giovanni Riccardi, which sold with Carlo Lasinio, professor of the '' Accademia dell' Arte del Disegno '' of Florence.

Today, it belongs to the commune of Florence, which intended it for the seat files laboratories of conservation and restoration of books of the Cabinet Vieusseux ( Gabinetto scientifico-letterario G.P. Vieusseux ).

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