[3] George and Florence Meyer Blumenthal purchased the patio in 1913 and initially used it as a centerpiece for their private house on Park Avenue in Manhattan.

[2] From 1997 to May 2000, the patio was closed for refurbishment, where the carvings were cleaned, extra lighting was installed, and a new floor, also of white Macael marble, was put in.

It is a notable example of early sixteenth-century Spanish architecture, with an asymmetrical layout, Gothic gargoyles, low and segmental arches, and a flat-timbered ceiling.

The patio's arches, the piers of the balustrade, and the doors and windows all feature intricate Renaissance details, carved by workers from Northern Italy.

Motifs include flora and fauna, elaborately made yet clear in form and with a three-dimensional quality characteristic of the early Italian Renaissance.

[3] On a flat band below the cornice of the patio's second story is an inscription in Latin: "PETRUS FAGIARDUS: MARCHIO DE VELIZ PRIMUS: AC REGNI MURCIE QUINTUS PREFECTUS SUE PROSAPIE HANC ARCEM IN ARCE TITULI EREXIT: CEPTUM OPUS ANO AB ORTU CRISTI MILLESSIMO QUINGENTESSIMO SEXTO PERFECTUM ANNO QUINTODECIMO SUPRA MILESSIUM AC QUINGENTESSIMO".