# General view [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [DUCA, Giacomo del]() - Date: 1551-1600 - Technique: Photo ## Commentary The Villa Farnese was built for Cardinal Alessandro Farnese \(1520-1589\) who was made cardinal by his grandfather Pope Paul III \(1468-1549\), and named vice chancellor of the Holy Roman Church a year later, according him the highest position after that of the pope in the ecclesiastical hierarchy. The architect of the construction was Giacomo da Vignola in the 1560s. The upper gardens and palazzino \(Casino\) were laid out by Giacomo del Duca in the 1580s. He incorporated into the design terraces, fountains and sculpture. They are remarkable for the synthesis of natural and manmade elements. The photo shows the stairway to the Casino. ## Related artworks - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [General view]() - [General view]() - [Interior view]() - [Silenus and Young Bacchus]() - [Tomb of Elena Savelli \(detail\)]() - [Tomb of Elena Savelli]() - [View of the upper garden]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()