Cutting a deal. Trompe-l’oeil balcony hung with exotic oriental carpets, emphasising their owner’s position as a significant merchant trader. Early 1500s fresco on Renaissance facade of the Palazzo Geremia in Trento, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy. Figures represented possibly include a trader from the east (in turban, right).
Palazzo Geremia, Trento, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy: restored fresco of early 1500s painted on facade. The Renaissance Palazzo Geremia is on Via Belenzani (formerly Contrada Larga) and, like other palaces on the same street, shows Venetian influence. It was built towards the end of the 1400s / early 1500s as a residence for Giovanni Antioio Pona, son of Veronese noble Geremia Pona, and his wife Elisabetta Calepini, adapting existing medieval buildings for the purpose. The oriental carpets in the fresco emphasise Palazzo Geremia’s association with an important merchant trader. The 1500s frescos painted on Palazzo Geremia’s facade depict scenes frequently witnessed in Via Belenzani when VIPs (emperors, princes etc.) passed through the town en route to and from Germany. Emperor Maximilian (Massimilano d’Austria) stayed in the palace in 1508 - 1509. Trento was formerly part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and was annexed by Italy in 1919.
Size: 3008px × 2000px
Location: Palazzo Geremia, Trento, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy
Photo credit: © Terence Kerr / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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