Detail View: Catena-Historic Gardens and Landscapes Archive: Villa Lante (complex)

Collection: 
Catena-Historic Gardens and Landscapes Archive
Image No.: 
201082
Title: 
Villa Lante (complex)
View: 
"Villa Lante, Bagnaja." (Plate 1)
Dates: 
1568-1600
View Type: 
plan views
View Date: 
1902
Location: 
Europe--Italy--Lazio--Bagnaia
Location Type: 
Current
Culture: 
Italian
Period: 
Renaissance
Creator: 
architect Maderno, Carlo 1556-1629 Italian
Creator: 
architect Vignola, Jacopo da 1507-1573 Italian
Creator: 
patron Gambara, Giovanni Francesco 1533-1587 Italian
Creator: 
fontaniere Ghinucci, Tomaso -1587
Techniques: 
Photogravure
Measurements: 
43.18 x 33.65 cm
Category: 
Villas
Work Type: 
Villas (complexes)
Subjects: 
Villa Lante (Bagnaia, Italy); Gambara family
Work Notes: 
Bagnaia, the town adjacent to the villa, had functioned as a summer residence for various cardinals from nearby Viterbo since the 15th century. Around 1512 Ottaviano Riario erected a hunting casino on the site of the Villa Lante within a 25 hectar woodla
Image Notes: 
In: Forbes, A. Holland, editor, "Architectural gardens of Italy." Published by New York: Forbes & Company, Ltd.
Rights Type: 
fair use