manuel cohen

Medal Room, Palazzo Borromeo, Isola Bella, Isole Borromee, Lake Maggiore, Piedmont, Italy

Sala delle Medaglie or Medal Room, designed by Andrea Biffi in 1679, originally known as Sala Grande and used for banquets, now named for the 10 gilded wooden tondos by Siro Zanella, 1689, in the Palazzo Borromeo, built 1632-1948 by the Borromeo family, on Isola Bella, in the Isole Borromee or Borromean Islands, on Lake Maggiore, Piedmont, Italy. The palazzo, begun 1632, was designed by Angelo Crivelli, for Carlo III Borromeo and his wife Isabella D'Adda, then completed by Carlo Fontana for Giberto III Borromeo and Vitaliano VI Borromeo. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Sala delle Medaglie or Medal Room, designed by Andrea Biffi in 1679, originally known as Sala Grande and used for banquets, now named for the 10 gilded wooden tondos by Siro Zanella, 1689, in the Palazzo Borromeo, built 1632-1948 by the Borromeo family, on Isola Bella, in the Isole Borromee or Borromean Islands, on Lake Maggiore, Piedmont, Italy. The palazzo, begun 1632, was designed by Angelo Crivelli, for Carlo III Borromeo and his wife Isabella D'Adda, then completed by Carlo Fontana for Giberto III Borromeo and Vitaliano VI Borromeo. Picture by Manuel Cohen