Palazzi di Genova is a 1622 book written and illustrated byPeter Paul Rubens, depicting and describing the palaces ofGenoa, Italy in 72 plates. A second volume with 67 further plates was added the same year, and they are usually found (and reprinted) together. The illustrations of the second part are usually considered not to be by Rubens though. It is the only book Rubens published himself (although he provided illustrations for a number of other books).[1]
The first volume containedplans,facades and additional views of 12 of the palaces of Genoa; the second book contained a further 19 palaces and 4 churches. Included are many of thePalazzi dei Rolli. They were seen by Rubens during his trips to Italy (probably late 1605 and early 1606). Rubens was an admirer of thearchitecture of Italy, as evidenced in his own house, theRubenshuis in Antwerp. The Genoese style, developed by architects likeGaleazzo Alessi, became very popular, and their distribution in Northern Europe was at least partially due to the book by Rubens. Examples of this include theHôtel de Ville, Lyon.[2]
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