# Villa Medici [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [SANGALLO, Giuliano da]() - Date: 1451-1500 - Technique: Photo ## Commentary The Villa Medici at Poggio a Caiano is Sangallo's masterpiece. It was strongly influenced by Lorenzo Medici's amateur enthusiasm for Alberti and Vitruvius. The first Renaissance villa to incorporate a pedimented portico and symmetrical planning around a large central hall, it foreshadows Palladian types. View the <a href="\#" onClick="w=window.open \('/support/plans/s/sangallo/giuliano/poggio.html', 'newWin', 'scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=400,height=600'\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return false">ground plan</a> of the Villa Medici, Poggio a Caiano, Prato. ## Related artworks - [Design for the façade of San Lorenzo, Florence]() - [Exterior]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Interior view]() - [Interior view]() - [Interior view]() - [Judith]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()