Palazzo Torfanini, Bologna

The Palazzo Torfanini is a Renaissance architecture palace located on Via Galliera 4, in central Bologna.

[1] The palace, with typical facade arcades, was commissioned by Bartolomeo Torfanini in 1544.

The exterior fresco work by Girolamo da Treviso and Prospero Fontana has long decayed.

[2] In 1732, the palace was refurbished by Alfonso Torreggiani for the Princesses Benedetta and Amalia d'Este of Modena.

[4] Freedburg describes these much praised depiction of historical scenes of ancient Rome and scenes from Orlando Furioso as paintings where he depicted romantic landscapes, battle scenes, and most notably, musical parties of aristocratic contemporaries, of genre-like intimacy and arresting charm... in these works, he became an explicit example of Maniera style.