Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica
The Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica or National Gallery of Ancient Art is an art museum in Rome, Italy. It is the principal national collection of older paintings in Rome – mostly from before 1800; it does not hold any antiquities. It has two sites: the Palazzo Barberini and the Palazzo Corsini.[2]
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Established | 1893 |
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Location | Palazzo Barberini, via delle Quattro Fontane, 13 () Palazzo Corsini, Via della Lungara 10 () Rome, Italy |
Coordinates | 41°54′12.65″N 12°29′24.75″E / 41.9035139°N 12.4902083°E |
Visitors | 153,549[1] |
Director | Flaminia Gennari Santori |
Website | www |
The gallery's collection includes works by Bernini, Caravaggio, van Dyck, Holbein, Beato Angelico, Lippi, Lotto, Preti, Poussin, El Greco, Raphael, Tiepolo, Tintoretto, Rubens, Murillo, Ribera and Titian.[3]
Design
editThe Palazzo Barberini was designed for Pope Urban VIII, a member of the Barberini family, by the sixteenth-century architect Carlo Maderno on the old location of Villa Sforza. Its central salon ceiling was decorated by Pietro da Cortona with the visual panegyric of the Allegory of Divine Providence and Barberini Power.[3] The Museum expanded through purchases and donations, such as the acquisition of the Torlonia and Monte di Pietà collections in 1892, the donation of Henriette Hertz in 1915, and the purchase of the Chigi collection in 1918.[4]
Palazzo Barberini
edit- Holy Barberini Family, about 1528
- Portrait of a Gentleman
- Portrait of Abbondio Rezzonico
- Portrait of Sir Henry Peirse
- Hagar and the Angel
- Portrait of Urban VIII
- Bust of Urban VIII
- Bust of Clement X
- Portrait of Stefano Colonna
- The Grand Canal
- Piazza San Marco and the small square to the South
- Rialto Bridge
- The small square with the library of San Marco
- View of Piazza San Marco with the Procuratie
- Judith Beheading Holofernes, 1599
- Narcissus, 1599
- Saint Francis in Prayer, 1605
- Adoration of the Shepherds
- Baptism of Christ
- Pedro Fernández da Murcia
- Vision of Blessed Amedeo Menez da Sylva, ca. 1513
- The Vestal Claudia Quinta Towing the Ship with the Statue of Cybele
- Madonna and Child (Madonna Herz), 1522-1523
- Et in Arcadia ego, 1618-1622
- Portrait of Henry VIII
- Venus Playing the Harp
- Madonna of Tarquinia, 1437
- Annunciation with Two Kneeling Donors, 1440-1445
- Portrait of Erasmus of Rotterdam
- Model of the Funeral Monument of Innocent XI Odescalchi, ca. 1697
- Saint Philip Benizi
- Guardian Angel
- Roman Painter
- Madonna Advocata and Christ Blessing
- Landscape with Hagar and the Angel
- The Anchorite
- Allegory of the Five Senses, 1641-1646 (together with his brother Gregorio)
- Aeneas Fleeing Troy, ca. 1630
- The Banquet of the Rich Man, ca. 1655
- La Fornarina, 1518-1519
- Repentant Magdalene. (ca. 1631-1632)
- Portrait of Beatrice Cenci
- Satyr and Cupid
- Christ and the Adulteress
- Venus and Adonis, ca. 1560
- The Good Fortune
- The Promenade at the Villa Medici
- The Expulsion of the Merchants from the Temple
Palazzo Corsini
editThe Palazzo Corsini, formerly known as Palazzo Riario, is a fifteenth-century palace, rebuilt in the eighteenth century by the architect Ferdinando Fuga for Cardinal Neri Maria Corsini. The majority of the major works in the Corsini Gallery collection were donated by the Corsini family, and initially were gathered by the avid 17th century collector.
Main exhibitions
edit- Andrea del Sarto
- Madonna and Child
- Baciccio
- Portrait of Cardinal Neri Corsini
- Jacopo Bassano
- Adoration of the Shepherds
- Beato Angelico
- Marco Benefial
- Vision of Saint Caterina Fieschi
- Christian Berentz
- The Elegant Snack
- Caravaggio
- Rosalba Carriera
- I four elements
- Fra Bartolomeo
- Holy Family
- Orazio Gentileschi
- Madonna and Child
- Luca Giordano
- Jesus's Dispute with the Doctors
- Giovanni da Milano
- Polyptych with Stories of Christ
- Giovanni Lanfranco
- Saint Peter Heals Saint Agatha in Prison
- Carlo Maratta
- Rebecca and Elias at the Well
- Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
- Madonna and Child
- Giambattista Piazzetta
- Judith and Holofernes
- Mattia Preti
- Tribute of the coin
- Nicolas Poussin
- Triumph of Ovid
- Guido Reni
- Salome with the head of John the Baptist
- Jusepe de Ribera
- Venus and Adonis
- Salvator Rosa
- Torment of Prometheus
- Peter Paul Rubens
- Saint Sebastian tended by angels
- Study of a head
- Simon Vouet
- Herodias with the head of John the Baptist
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ (2015) Ministero dei Beni e delle Attività Culturali, Visitatori e introiti dei musei
- ^ "Sito Ufficiale Galleria Barberini – Le collezioni". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
- ^ a b "GALLERIA NAZIONALE D'ARTE ANTICA IN PALAZZO BARBERINI". arte.it (in Italian). Retrieved 26 July 2024.
- ^ "PALAZZO BARBERINI". coopculture.it. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
External links
edit- Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica travel guide from Wikivoyage
- Media related to Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica at Wikimedia Commons
Preceded by Galleria Comunale d'Arte Moderna, Rome |
Landmarks of Rome Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica |
Succeeded by Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna |