THE VILLA MEDICI, ROME 



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The garden front of the casino is ascribed to Michael Angelo. In the centre is the splendid 

 loggia shown on Plate 94, upheld by six magnificent columns of granite and cipollino, and the 

 graceful stairway, with figure of Mercury, leads to the broad gravelled forecourt between the casino 

 and parterre. 



^ For an admirable survey of the Villa Medxi, see the fme monograph of Victor BaUand, 'Villa Medlcis h Roiue,' Paris, 1847. 



