The Capri villa that Italian actor
Christian De Sica and his wife Silvia Verdone have owned since
1996 is now on sale exclusively via Florence's Lionard Luxury
Real Estate agency.
The property is part of the 'I Quattro Venti' (The Four Winds)
residence, one of the historic homes that contributed to giving
the 'blue island' its fabled status: designed and built on the
slopes of Monte Solaro between 1900 and 1903 by American
symbolist painter Elihu Vedder, it was subsequently sold to
another American artist, Earl Henry Brewster, who hosted there
English writer D.H.Lawrence, the author of Lady Chatterley's
Lover, among others.
'I Quattro Venti' changed ownership again at the end of the
1930s and other artists spent time there, including Joseph
Beuys, who dedicated one of his most famous works to Capri, and
Cy Twombly.
The villa of Christian De Sica and Silvia Verdone was created,
in the Capri style, from what was Vedder's studio in a position
that offers a view of Capri and, at the same time, of the Bay of
Naples and the Gulf of Salerno.
It has a total of 250 square metres of interior space, split
between two floors, and it is surrounded by a garden with citrus
fruit and olive trees.
An outbuilding used as a spa area that has one of the property's
panoramic terrace views on its roof is close but separate from
the villa.
"It is a particularly favourable time for the luxury property
market in Italy," said Lionard Luxury Real Estate CEO Dimitri
Corti.
"Villas by the sea continue to be among the most in-demand,
sought-after assets, especially in exclusive locations such as
Capri".
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