Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica
The Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica ('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.
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Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica
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- 1893
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The Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica ('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.
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Design
Design
The gallery's collection includes works by Bernini, Caravaggio, van Dyck, Holbein, Fra Angelico, Filippo Lippi, Lotto, Preti, Poussin, El Greco, Raphael, Tiepolo, Tintoretto, Rubens, Murillo, Ribera and Titian.
The Palazzo Barberini was designed for Pope Urban VIII, a member of the Barberini family, by the sixteenth-century architect Carlo Maderno on the former location of Villa Sforza. The ceiling of its central salone was decorated by Pietro da Cortona with the visual panegyric of the Allegory of Divine Providence and Barberini Power. 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.
Palazzo Barberini
Palazzo Barberini
Andrea del Sarto Holy Family, c. 1528 Bartolomeo Veneto Portrait of a Gentleman Pompeo Batoni Portrait of Abbondio Rezzonico Portrait of Sir Henry Peirse Hagar and the Angel Gian Lorenzo Bernini Portrait of Pope Urban VIII Bust of Pope Urban VIII Bust of Pope Clement X Agnolo Bronzino Portrait of Stefano Colonna Canaletto The Grand Canal Piazza San Marco and the Piazzetta to the South Rialto Bridge The Piazzetta with the Biblioteca Marciana View of Piazza San Marco with the Procuratie Caravaggio Portrait of Maffeo Barberini, c. 1598 Judith Beheading Holofernes, 1599 Narcissus, 1599 Saint Francis in Prayer, 1605 El Greco Adoration of the Shepherds Baptism of Christ Pedro Fernández da Murcia Vision of Blessed Amedeo Menez da Sylva, c. 1513 Garofalo The Vestal Claudia Quinta Towing the Ship with the Statue of Cybele Giulio Romano Herz Madonna, 1522–1523 Guercino Et in Arcadia ego, 1618–1622 Hans Holbein the Younger Portrait of Henry VIII Giovanni Lanfranco Venus Playing the Harp Filippo Lippi Madonna of Tarquinia, 1437 Annunciation with Two Kneeling Donors, 1440–1445 Lorenzo Lotto Mystical Marriage of Saint Catherine of Alexandria and Saints, 1524 Quentin Massys Portrait of Erasmus of Rotterdam Pierre-Étienne Monnot Model of the Funerary Monument of Pope Innocent XI, c. 1697 Perugino Saint Philip Benizi Piero di Cosimo Saint Mary Magdalene Pietro da Cortona Guardian Angel Roman Painter Madonna Advocata and Christ Blessing Nicolas Poussin Landscape with Hagar and the Angel Aniello Falcone The Anchorite Mattia Preti Allegory of the Five Senses, 1641–1646 (together with his brother Gregorio) Aeneas Fleeing Troy, c. 1630 The Banquet of the Rich Man, c. 1655 Raphael La Fornarina, 1518–1519 Guido Reni Penitent Magdalene, c. 1631–1632 Portrait of Beatrice Cenci Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Satyr and Cupid Tintoretto Christ and the Adulteress Titian Venus and Adonis, c. 1560 Simon Vouet The Good Fortune Gaspar van Wittel The Promenade at the Villa Medici Valentin de Boulogne The Expulsion of the Merchants from the Temple
Palazzo Corsini
Palazzo Corsini
The 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
Main exhibitions
Andrea del Sarto Madonna and Child Baciccio Portrait of Cardinal Neri Corsini Jacopo Bassano Adoration of the Shepherds Beato Angelico Triptych of the Last Judgement Marco Benefial Vision of Saint Caterina Fieschi Christian Berentz The Elegant Snack Caravaggio Saint John the Baptist Rosalba Carriera The Four Elements Fra Bartolomeo Holy Family Orazio Gentileschi Madonna and Child Luca Giordano Christ Among 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 The Tribute Money 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
Palazzo Corsini alla Lungara (Rome)
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Institutional history
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1893
Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica established.
1893
Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica is recorded from 1893.
1989
La Galleria nazionale d'arte antica: regesto delle didascalie (1989) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
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- Bibliothèque nationale de France authority file 136129881
General reference · Bibliothèque nationale de France
- Internet Archive holdings naming Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica
General reference · Internet Archive
- National Library of Australia authority file 36496500
General reference · National Library of Australia
- Gemeinsame Normdatei 515838-2, Galleria nazionale d'arte antica.
General reference · GND (German National Library)
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q2266081: Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica
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Bibliothèque nationale de France authority file 136129881Bibliothèque nationale de France
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National Library of Australia authority file 36496500National Library of Australia
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 515838-2, Galleria nazionale d'arte antica.GND (German National Library)
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q2266081: Galleria Nazionale d'Arte AnticaWikimedia Foundation
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