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Palazzo Iseppo da Porto
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Contrà Porti, 21
Iseppo da Porto's residence, established between the years 1549-53, was never completed: only the building on Contrà Porti was erected, while Palladio himself notes that "This house fronts two streets, and therefore has two entrances".
Between the two buildings there should have been a "court encompassed with portico's..., to have columns six and thirthy foot and an half high, that is, as high as the first and second order. ... This court divides the whole house into two parts: that forwards is for the use of the master, and the women belonging to him; and that backward to lodge strangers in; whereby those of the house, and the strangers will remain free in every respect: to which the ancients, and especially the Greeks, had a very great regard.
Besides which, this partition will also serve in case the descendents of the said gentleman, should choose to have their apartments separate".
The facade is divided into three fascias. The ground floor is dominated by rustication and rectangular windows; the piano nobile is measured by eight, Ionic semi-columns and seven windows with alternating gables. The vertical lines of the semi-columns are continued in the attic with statues and small pilasters.
The interior was decorated by Giambattista Tiepolo in 1760. Few images of his pictorial cycle remain: the second layer of a damaged fresco depicting "l'apoteosi di Orazio da Porto" (the Apotheosis of Orazio da Porto) can be seen in one room, and the decorations of three ceiling sections in another.
(Testo B. Chiozzi) |
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