Palazzo Bindi Sergardi

The Palazzo Bindi Sergardi, previously Agostini and later Casini-Casuccini is, from the outside, a non-descript urban building located on Via dei Pellegrini # 18 in central Siena, region of Tuscany, Italy. The site is best known for containing frescoes by the late-Renaissance painter Domenico Beccafumi and Cristoforo Roncalli.

Facade

History

The palace belonged in the 16th-century to the Venturi family, and in 1519, for the wedding of Alessandro Venturi, the painter Beccafumi was commissioned to decorate the first floor with Scenes of Roman History.[1][2] In 1554, the palace was bought by Marcello Agostini, and underwent substantial renovations. with addition of a Music Room with stucco-work by Prospero Bresciano and mithologic themes frescoed by Cristoforo Roncalli.[3] Agostini was known for assembling a Cabinet of curiosities. 43.31844°N 11.330015°E / 43.31844; 11.330015

Suicide of Catone Uticense fresco by Beccafumi

Bibliography
  • Toscana. Guida d'Italia (Guida rossa), Touring Club Italiano, Milan 2003. ISBN 88-365-2767-1

References
  1. Article in Repubblica about 1990 Beccafumi exhibition, article by Paolo Vagheggi.
  2. The Story of Siena and San Gimignano, by Edmund Garratt Gardner, page 248.
  3. Cenni storico-artistici di Siena e suoi suburbii; by Ettore Romagnoli, page 26.
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