Legals

appraisal
Fig. 4 – Piazza Campitelli on a map from 1731 (ASR, Maps and Drawings, 80, n. 239)
(Spinola 1995, tav. III, Fig. 4)
Subsequently, in 1886 the building was sold by the descendants of Pacca to Countess Carolina Portalupi
(1852-1891), who restored it, leaving it to her direct descendants, the Genoese Marquis Spinola [Maria
Antonietta Spinola was later to marry the well-known politician Mario Cingolani (1883- 1971), while Bonifacio
Spinola married his second cousin, Countess Marina Baldeschi (1895-1983)]. The restoration of the
Palace could not be postponed further since the complex was in a poor state of repair as a result of years
of neglect: the works concerned mainly parts of the courtyard, the stairs, and the interiors. Walls were
consolidated; arches, vaulted ceilings, and floors were reinforced or rebuilt; the eaves, roofs and terraces
were repaired; the stairs and the floors of the landings of the main staircase were completely renewed;
and many ceilings were renovated – especially the decorated ones – as were the upholstery of the interior
walls, with doors and windows. There are also some interventions documented in relation to a more proper
distribution of water and the renovation of the bathrooms. This period also witnessed the construction of
the new glass-covered gallery on the south-east, and probably the cant of the third floor towards Palazzo
Cavalletti. The work was substantial, but left the structure of the building unchanged.