Palazzo Caprini

Palazzo Caprini was a Renaissance palazzo in Rome, Italy, in the Borgo rione between Piazza Scossacavalli and via Alessandrina (also named Borgo Nuovo). It was designed by Donato Bramante around 1510, or a few years before.

It was also known as Palazzo di Raffaello, or Raphael's House, since the artist had bought it in 1517 and lived there until his death. In the late 16th century the building, already decayed and crumbling, underwent a total renovation and constituted the core of the much larger Palazzo dei Convertendi. Its appearance is known from an etching by Antoine Lafréry and a partial sketch attributed to Andrea Palladio.

The palace had a façade with five bays and two levels, with rustication (obtained with stucco) at the lower floor. The upper floor had windows divided by double Doric columns, surmounted by a complete entablature.

Its garden house was destroyed in 1848. [4]

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