VILLA MADAMA, FARNESIAN GARDENS AND 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 ” 
w h i c h 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 Par m a , 
daughter of Charles 
V. An interesting 
paper on the villa 
and the epoch at . „ ■ ■ i 1 7 ■ 
which it was undertaken appeared in the Joiminl of ihe Royal Institute of Ihitish Arc/utects 
of January 21st, 1911, written by Mr. Halsey Ricardo, and two of the illustrations 
have kindly been lent. The late Professor Geymuller has also dealt with this villa m 
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 (1492-1546) as architect, while the “annotator,” who was almost contemporary with 
-VILL.V MADAMA, PONTE MOLLE, ROME. 
,-J t^lav dyaivu by Antonio San Gallo. 
