I'll. I. A MADAMA, 1<\-1R.\KS/A\ (1ARDENS AM) VILLA PAPA GIULIO. 41 



took a lively interest 

 in the scheme of this 

 Villa Madama ; it was 

 part of that " enjoy- 

 ment of the Papacy 

 which they had 

 promised to them- 

 selves. Leo X's death 

 in 1521, after a reign 

 of only eight years, 

 however, brought 

 about the early 

 abandonment of the 

 scheme. 



The villa is called 

 Madama from Mar- 

 gareta of Parma, 

 daughter of Charles 

 interesting 

 the villa 

 epoch at 



was undertaken appeared in the Journal of the Royal Institute of British 

 1911 

 lent. 



V. An 

 paper on 

 and the 

 which it 

 of January 2ist, 

 have kindly been 

 on 



VILLA MADAMA, PONTE MOLLE, ROME. 



.1 />/<;/; dru^-ii In 1 Antonio Sun C,ii!!i>. 



Architects 



written by Mr. Halsey Ricardo, and two of the illustrations 

 The late Professor Geymuller has also dealt with this villa in 



his. work on Raphael as Architect, asserting in a strong and plausible fashion his 

 personal responsibility for the scheme. Varsari gives Giovanni da Undine as decorator and Giulio 

 Romano (I492--I546) as architect, while the " annotator," who was almost contemporary with 



52. VILLA MADAMA : RESTORED PLAN OF ORIGINAL SCHEME. 



O/v the ri<;!it-htiiut lo^<;i(i and part of circii/itr court ivus built. 



