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ROOM 17

A staircase, solemn in style, leads from this room on the ground floor on the via Santo Spirito side to the first floor study. In the museum visit plan, the Atrium no longer functions as an entrance, but originally it and the monumental staircase allowed the two gents to access their suites, independently. Among the elegant fixed furnishings, the red marble basin of a Renaissance fragment set in 19th century elements catches the eye.

Inside the fireplace:

QUID LAEVIUS VENTO: FLAMEN

What is lighter than the wind? A puff of air

Inside the fireplace:

QUID FLAMINE: FUMUS

What (is lighter than) a puff of air? Smoke

Above the (wall) fountain:

Inside the fireplace:

QUID FUMO: MULIER

What (is lighter than) smoke? A woman

Above the (wall) fountain:

Inside the fireplace:

QUID MULIERE: NIHIL

What (is lighter than) a woman? Nothing