Cortile del Belvedere (Rome (Vatican City), Santa Sede (Holy See), Italy) : View of the east balcony (above the Galleon Fountain)
- Creator:
- Bramante, Donato, 1444-1514
Fontana, Domenico, 1543-1607
Ligorio, Pirro, ca. 1500-1583 - Published/Created:
- Rome, Vatican City, Santa Sede, Holy See, Italy
1505-1565 - Date Depicted:
- 9/1/1994
1500 AD - 1699 AD - Materials:
- brick
stone
stucco - Notes:
- The main adjunct to the Vatican Palace designed by Bramante is the colossal extension known as the Cortile del Belvedere, on which work began in the spring of 1505. The design was modified by Pirro Ligorio before its completion (ca. 1565) and altered by Domenico Fontana (1587-1588). At the time of its construction, the Belvedere was the largest building built in Rome since the Ancient Romans. It now houses various Vatican museums. "Bramante's original plan included a huge courtyard on three levels flanked by arcaded buildings, with a theater at the lower end and a museum for classical antiquities closing the upper court. Only the first storey was completed to his designs (much altered later)." p. 45
- Variant Titles:
- Belvedere Courtyard
- Topics:
- Architecture -- Italy -- 16th century -- (YVRC)
- Period/Style:
- Renaissance
- Culture:
- Italian
- Accession Number:
- 1A1-BD-B-A6
- Genre:
- architecture (AAT)
- Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Sculptures, Models, & Architecture
- Rights:
- Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
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- Yale Community Only
- Digital:
- architectural exteriors; rulers and leaders construction buildings; houses; official residences; palaces
- Source Creator:
- Gilchrist, Scott
- Source Title:
- Archivision Base Collection
- Source Created:
- 2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
9/1/1994 - Source Note:
- Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist
- Yale Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Digital Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Local Record Number:
- 4152
- OID:
- 10086578
- PID:
- digcoll:1842116