The author of current appearance of the house was Francesco Canevale, a distinguished stone worker who arrived in Brno in the middle of the 1580s. Working jointly with other Italian artists, they rearranged and decorated the New and Old Town Hall, the Barons of Lipá House as seen today and a number of other buildings. Francesco Canevale obtained the house on 29 April 1589in result of marrying Agnes, a widow of Antonio Silva, also a stone worker. Canevale got down to the house refurbishment in 1595-1596. He decorated it with a splendid doorway, much admired until our days, and even placed his emblem at the top of the arch, below a distinct cornice. The emblems depicts an arm and a hand holding a small tree. Don´t get misled, however. It is not “a tree”, it is a cinnamon tree, from the Italian name of which Canevale derived his name.