Galleria Nazionale de Arte Antica and Barberini Palace - Roma
In 1623, the pope Urban VIII ordered the construction of a somptuous residence by his favourite architect Carlo Maderno. Since the architect died in 1629, Bernini and Borromini carried on the work. In this luxuriuous palace, you can observe amid the magnificiently decorated halls a trompe-l'oeil ceiling made by Cortone and a marvellous oval staircase. The gallery displays paintings from the XIIth to the XVIIth century.
To see: Judith and Holophernes by Caravaggio, the Virgin with Child by Filippo Lippi in 1437, Fornarina by Raphael, paintings by Tintoretto, Greco, Bronzino, Poussin, Hans Holbein, Quentin Metsys.
Opening
8.30-19.30
Closed on Monday
Prices
5,00
Address : Via delle quattro fontane, 13 (Piazza Barberini) Roma Italy
Phone : +39 0632810
Web : http://www.galleriaborghese.it
Map :
Related places :
- Palazzo Barberini
- Barberini square
- The History of Quirinal
- The Triton Fountain
- Triton Fountain
- Introduction Quirinal Hill
- Quirinal Hill
- The Via Veneto
- Fontanella Sistina
- The Interior
- San Carlo alla Quattro Fontane
- The Church of Saint Charles at the Four Fountains
- The church of Santa Maria della Concezzione
- Brioni
- The Crypt