Palazzo Toscanelli
The Palazzo Lanfranchi-Toscanelli, today housing Pisa’s Archivio di Stato, is a Renaissance palace that still speaks to the city’s mercantile past. Commissioned in the first half of the 16th century by Bartolomeo Lanfranchi, the palace was later refurbished in 1576 using designs attributed to Francesco Mosca, and a separate Lanfranchi Palazzo across the Arno recalls an enlarged family line. In 1827, the Toscanelli family acquired the building and undertook restoration under the architect Alessandro Gherardesca, aligning the palace’s fortunes with their art collection. The owners’ collection grew to include works by Cornelis Bloemaert, Agnolo Bronzino, and Carlo Dolci, among others, reflecting the family’s cosmopolitan taste. …
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