THE VILLA MEDICI, ROME 
ii 
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. 
1 For an admirable survey of the Villa Medici, see the fine monograph of Victor Baltand, ‘ Villa Medicis it Rome,’ Paris, 1847. 
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