Palazzo Fenzi

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Palazzo Fenzi

Palazzo Fenzi is an important palace in Florence, Italy.

Built in the XVI century for the Castelli family by Gherardo Silvani, it was later enlarged by the Marucelli family. In 1829 it was bought by Emanuele Fenzi in order to house his bank and his family.

1 Interiors
2 Exteriors
3 Sources
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Interiors

Among many other extraordinary baroque architectural features such as ornate ceilings and marble sculptures, the Palazzo Fenzi has a wide variety of frescoes, some of which by the famous painter Sebastiano Ricci. These frescoes were executed during his stay in Florence from 1706 to 1707, and are now considered as some of his masterpieces. During this period he first completed a large fresco series on allegorical and mythological themes in the Marucelli-Fenzi palace before going on throughout Italy and Europe . He was later to influence the Florentine Rococo fresco painter Giovanni Domenico Ferretti These frescoes are valued as some of the most beautiful examples of early 1700s wall paintings and the first part in his series of fresco work across Europe.

Decoration of Palazzo Marucelli-Fenzi

1706-07 Oil on canvas

[edit] Exteriors

Palazzo Fenzi	Palazzo Fenzi	One of the main exterior features of the Palazzo Fenzi are these security grills that rest upon the charismatic figures of tortoises.	Palazzo Fenzi
Palazzo Fenzi	Front entrance Insignia representing the Railways built by the Fenzi Family between Florence and Livorno.

[edit] Sources

Cambridge Journals, Isabella Bigazzi / Zeffiro Ciuffoletti "Palazzo Marucelli Fenzi Guida storico-artistica" Fenzi Family Archive Trust "Il Possesso di Rusciano" EDIZIONI A.G.M. FIRENZE 1990