Inside the Sculpture Room, several engravings are displayed on the walls, created through the collaboration between Antonio Lafréry and Enea Vico.
Antonio Lafréry was a French engraver, publisher, and merchant; he settled in Rome around 1544 until his death in 1577. His workshop, located on Via del Parione in Rome, was one of the most active centers in the 16th century for the production and sale of engravings.
Enea Vico was an engraver and numismatist born in Parma in 1523 and moved to Rome at a young age, where he worked with various publishers and print merchants, refining his technique in a classicist and scholarly environment. About five hundred burin engravings by Vico remain: portraits, gems and cameos, engravings of works by Raphael, Michelangelo, Salviati, etc.
The panels in Jerago depict grotesques with trophies of arms and armor, inspired by drawings by Polidoro da Caravaggio: an artist trained in Raphael’s workshop, known mainly for decorating many house façades with scenes, allegories, and richly ornamented friezes.
The engravings in the Sculpture Room therefore represent an important example and an interesting testimony to understand how different craftsmen worked in the 16th century.
Fun fact: the Sculpture Room takes its name from some stone artifacts displayed in the twin bookcases, dating back to the fortress era, around 1200.
This space is used to host small cocktail events or can be combined with adjacent rooms to accommodate lunches and dinners with a larger number of guests.
Room capacity and usage:
Banquet/Seated up to 40 people
Buffet/Cocktail up to 70 people
