Francesco Sabatini’s project for the throne room at the Royal Palace of Madrid ; El salón del trono de Carlos IV en el Palacio Real de Madrid por Francisco Sabatini

As Charles IV had his Royal Palace in Madrid wholly redecorated in the early 1790 by his court architect Francesco Sabatini, the Throne Room had to become the most splendid of the renovated spaces. Its walls were to be fully covered with Spanish marbles and gilt bronze. The project, apparently conceived in 1794, was finally approved in 1796, and the work began immediately but was interrupted in 1798 when the main pieces of marble were in Madrid yet and the goldsmiths Giardoni and Leprince were on their task. The original plans were lost; however, Sabatini’s accurate instructions have made poss... Mehr ...