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The studiolo housed in the Met was commissioned by Duke Federico da Montefeltro, a major geopolitical force in North-Central Italy during his lifetime.
This detail is from a study, (or studiolo), intended for meditation and study. Its walls are carried out in a wood-inlay technique known as intarsia. The latticework doors of the cabinets, shown open or partly closed, indicate the contemporary interest in linear perspective.
After a decade of conservation treatment, the studiolo is once more a glorious and mesmerizing Renaissance interior. It is rivaled only by a slightly earlier room of the same type commissioned by Federico da Montefeltro for his palace at Urbino, where it remains.
Apr 18, 2022 · It is the studiolo, the tiny private study of Federico III da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino from 1444 until his death in 1482. He was an exceptionally cultured and literate man, and the palace he had built reflected his interests.
Nov 23, 2015 · At the heart of Federico's Palace at Urbino, of which I spoke in my last post, was his studiolo, a tiny inner sanctum for study and reflection, and a place which served to advertise his erudition to visitors. Created by 1476, its lower level is clad entirely in elaborately detailed wood inlay while above hang 28 portraits of…
The construction of the Ducal Palace was begun for Duke Federico III da Montefeltro around the mid-fifteenth century by the Florentine Maso di Bartolomeo. The new construction included the pre-existing Palace of the Jole.
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Studiolo of Federico da Montefeltro. 1476. Inlaid woodwork, height 221 cm. Palazzo Ducale, Urbino. Inside the Palazzo Ducale in Urbino, Federico da Montefeltro and his guests enjoyed several handsome suites of rooms. The crowning glory of Federico's private suite was his studiolo ("small study").
