# Exterior view [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [CARATTI, Francesco]() - Date: 1651-1700 - Technique: Photo ## Commentary Before the Dientzenhofer family of architects made its appearance , the aristocracy of Bohemia and Moravia had favoured buildings on the Italianate mode. Count Cernin, who had visited Rome several times, desired a prestigious building "in the Roman style." His palace in Prague was constructed between 1668 and 1677 by Francesco Caratti in the Palladian manner. A solid rusticated ground floor terminating in a balustrade supports a two-storey upper building surmounted by a mezzanine floor. The whole front is articulated by giant columns. ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()