The architecture, the decoration of the façade and the frescoes by Domenico Parodi in some of the interior rooms make it a relevant example of Genoese Baroque.

The new palace probably took up the compositional scheme of the old building, developing along a central axis with a sequence of spaces leading from the square into the garden, according to a transparency that is impossible to perceive today due to multiple infills.

It is included in the 1622 edition of Palazzi di Genova by Pieter Paul Rubens as «Palazzo del sig.

[2] A well-stocked picture gallery, famous sculptures by Algardi and frescoes (including two drawing rooms by Domenico Parodi, one of which dedicated to Laura and Petrarch) made it worthy of mention in early 19th-century guide books;[3] today, despite the division into sixteen flats, it retains its monumental character thanks to the large atrium (architecture) vaulted hall, the grand staircase that still serves the first three floors and the large loggia-covered stairwell overlooking the courtyard.

The interior rooms contain frescoes with Allegories of Petrarchan Poetry and Apollo and the Muses, late Baroque masterpieces painted around 1710 by Domenico Parodi.