# Villa Farnese at Caprarola [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [WITTEL, Caspar Andriaans van]() - Date: 1651-1700 - Technique: Oil on wood, 98 x 174 cm ## Commentary The Villa Farnese, also known as Palazzo Farnese or Villa Caprarola, is a mansion in the town of Caprarola in the province of Viterbo, Northern Lazio, Italy, approximately 50 kilometres \(35 miles\) north-west of Rome. It should not be confused with the Palazzo Farnese and the Villa Farnesina, both in Rome. The Villa Farnese was commissioned in 1559 by Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, a grandson of Pope Paul III. He selected for his architect Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, who worked on the villa at Caprarola until his death in 1573. ## Related artworks - [A View of Tivoli]() - [Bacino di San Marco \(detail\)]() - [Bacino di San Marco]() - [Castel Sant'Angelo from the South]() - [Landscape with the Villa Aldobrandini at Frascati]() - [Landscape with the Villa Farnese at Caprarola]() - [Piazza San Marco: Looking South]() - [Rome: A View of The Colosseum]() - [Rome: A View of the Ponte Salario]() - [Rome: A View of the Port of Ripa Grande \(detail\)]() - [Rome: A View of the Port of Ripa Grande]() - [Rome: The Ponte Sisto]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()