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was placed in the centre of this facade, and it opened probably into the cross-
vaulted loggia that can be seen on the Steinhausen plan [Fig. 7.7]. These data
would allow a very tentative, ideal reconstruction of the principal part of Stra-
da’s house as he may have planned it, but for lack of further visual evidence
that is rather too speculative to be attempted here.
The general type of Strada’s house is Bramante’s very influential Palazzo
Caprini, built ca 1510 and since 1517 inhabited by Raphael [Fig. 7.14]: a rustic
story articulated by arches, carrying a piano nobile articulated by coupled Dor-
ic semi-columns; or the similar house built for Jacopo da Brescia, physician to
Pope Leo x, between 1515 and 1519, probably after a design by Raphael himself,
where the coupled semi-columns have been replaced by superimposed pilas-
ters [Fig. 7.15].24 A very similar type of palace is included in Serlio’s Settimo
Libro. It is the first of a series of proposals for townhouses, and is described as
‘una habitatione, per far dentr0 alla Città in luogo nobile’: a qualification which
also holds for Strada’s house, as we have seen [Fig. 7.16].25
In most of these examples the facades are articulated by an order of half col-
umns, and all top these with a complete entablature, giving them a plastic and
monumental appearance. Kleiner’s drawing, on the other hand, shows that the
facade of Strada’s house was decorated by the shallowest type of rustica on
24 The Palazzo Caprini was demolished in the seventeenth century. A very similar solution is
found in the still existing Palazzo Vidoni-Caffarelli, designed by a pupil of Raphael, prob-
ably Lorenzo Lotti, Giulio Romano’s brother-in-law.
25 The ‘botteghe’, the small shops or workshops peculiar for Roman palaces, lack in Strada’s
house; these were unusual in Vienna, and would have impeded good lighting in the huge
cellars over which most Viennese dwellings, including Strada’s, were built. Moreover they
would hardly have been functional.
Figure 7.15 Attributed to Raphael, house for Jacopo da Brescia, Rome; ca 1515–1519 (demol-
ished ca 1936).
Figure 7.14 Donato Bramante, Palazzo Caprini, Rome; ca 1510, from 1517 inhabited by
Raphael; engraving by Antonio Lafréry, 1549.
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Jacopo Strada and Cultural Patronage at the Imperial Court
The Antique as Innovation, Volume 1
- Title
- Jacopo Strada and Cultural Patronage at the Imperial Court
- Subtitle
- The Antique as Innovation
- Volume
- 1
- Author
- Dirk Jacob Jansen
- Publisher
- Brill
- Location
- Leiden
- Date
- 2019
- Language
- English
- License
- CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- ISBN
- 978-90-04-35949-9
- Size
- 15.8 x 24.1 cm
- Pages
- 572
- Categories
- Biographien
- Kunst und Kultur
Table of contents
- Preface XV
- Acknowledgements XVIII
- Acknowledgments of Financial Support Received XXI
- List of Abbreviations XXII
- Introduction: The Image—Or from Whom (Not?) to Buy a Second-Hand Car 1
- 0.1 The Portraits of Jacopo and Ottavio Strada 1
- 0.2 Why are These Portraits so Special? 4
- 0.3 Motions of the Mind 4
- 0.4 What is Known About Strada: Early Notices 9
- 0.5 Quellenkunde: Some Sources Published in the NineteenthCentury 15
- 0.6 Kulturgeschichte before World War II 19
- 0.7 Romance: Josef Svátek and the Rudolfine Legend 21
- 0.8 A (Very) Modest Place in the History of Classical Scholarship 24
- 0.9 Contemporary Scholarship 25
- 0.10 What Has Not Been Written on Jacopo Strada 37
- 0.11 Weaving the Strands Together: The Purpose of this Study 39
- 1 Early Years: Family Background, Education, Giulio Romano 45
- 2 Travel: Rome, Landshut, Nuremberg—Strada’s Connection withWenzel Jamnitzer 67
- 3 In Hans Jakob Fuggers’s Service 107
- 3.1 Hans Jakob Fugger 107
- 3.2 Fugger as a Patron and Collector 114
- 3.3 Fugger’s Employment of Strada 121
- 3.4 Architectural Patronage for the Fuggers: The DonauwörthStudiolo 134
- 3.5 Strada’s Trips to Lyon 137
- 3.6 Strada’s Contacts in Lyon: Sebastiano Serlio 149
- 3.7 Civis Romanus: Strada’s Sojourn in Rome 156
- 3.8 Commissions and Purchases: The Genesis of Strada’s Musaeum 174
- 3.9 Departure from Rome 183
- 4 Antiquario Della Sacra Cesarea Maesta: Strada’s Tasksat Court 188
- 4.1 Looking for Patronage: Strada’s Arrival at the ImperialCourt 188
- 4.2 The Controversy with Wolfgang Lazius 200
- 4.3 ‘Obwol Ir.Maj. den Strada selbst dier Zeit wol zu geprauchen’: Strada’s Tasks at Court 210
- 4.4 Indirect Sources Throwing Light on Strada’s Employment at Court 242
- 4.5 Conclusion 248
- 5 Jacopo Strada as an Imperial Architect: Background 251
- 5.1 Introduction: The Austrian Habsburgs as Patrons of Architecture 251
- 5.2 The Prince as Architect: Ferdinand I and Maximilian II asAmateurs and Patrons of Architecture 255
- 5.3 ‘Adeste Musae’: Maximilian’s Hunting Lodge and Garden in the Prater 290
- 5.4 The Imperial Residence: Status quo at Strada’s Arrival 307
- 5.5 The Architectural Infrastructure at the Imperial Court 319
- 5.6 Strada’s Competence as an Architect 331
- 6 Strada’s Role in Projects Initiated by Emperor Ferdinand I 339
- 7 An Object Lesson: Strada’s House in Vienna 367
- 8 The Munich Antiquarium 383
- 9 The Neugebäude 430
- 9.1 The Tomb of Ferdinand I and Anna in Prague; Licinio’s Paintings in Pressburg 431
- 9.2 Kaiserebersdorf and Katterburg 432
- 9.3 Sobriety versus Conspicuous Consumption 437
- 9.4 Hans Jakob Fugger’s Letter 438
- 9.5 Description of the Complex 441
- 9.6 The Personal Involvement of Emperor Maximilian II 455
- 9.7 Ottoman Influence? 463
- 9.8 Classical Sources: Roman Castrametatio and the Fortified Palace of Diocletian at Split 467
- 9.9 Classical Sources: Monuments of Ancient Rome 480
- 9.10 Contemporary Italian Architecture 489
- 9.11 Strada’s Contribution 500
- 9.12 Conclusion: Strada’s Role in the Design of the Neugebäude 507
- 10 Other Patrons of Architecture 514
- 10.1 The Courtyard of the Landhaus in Graz 514
- 10.2 The Residence for Archduke Ernest 517
- 10.3 Other Patrons: Vilém z Rožmberk 520
- 10.4 Jan Šembera Černohorský z Boskovic and BučoviceCastle 524
- 10.5 Christoph von Teuffenbach: The House in Vienna and the Castle at Drnholec 530
- 10.6 Reichard Strein von Schwarzenau and the Castle at Schwarzenau 534
- 10.7 Conclusion 542