Doria Pamphilj Gallery
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Galleria Doria Pamphilj | |
Established | 1651 |
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Location | Via del Corso 305, 00186 Rome, Italy |
Coordinates | 41°53′52″N 12°28′52″E / 41.897669°N 12.481145°E |
Type | Art museum, Historic site |
Website | www |
The Doria Pamphilj Gallery (often Doria Pamphili Gallery in English) is a large private art collection housed in the Palazzo Doria Pamphilj in
Collection
The large collection of paintings, furniture and statuary has been assembled since the 16th century by the
The Palazzo has grown over the centuries; it is likely the largest in Rome still in private ownership. The main collection is displayed in
The palace was renovated for the marriage of Andrea IV Doria Pamphilj Landi to
Olimpia Maidalchini's son
One of Camillo and Olimpia's daughters, Anna Pamphilj, married the Genoese aristocrat Giovanni Andrea III Doria Landi in 1671, and it was their descendants who inherited the Palazzo when the Roman branch of the Pamphilj family ended in 1760. In 1763 Prince Andrea IV combined his Genoese and Roman names to the present Doria-Pamphilj-Landi. In 1767 the ceilings of the state rooms were frescoed by late-baroque artists such as Crescenzio Onofri, Aureliano Milani, and Stefano Pozzi (Sala degli Specchi).
The collection was first opened to the
Overview
- The Family chapel was designed by architect Carlo Fontana in the late 17th century, but since altered. The ivory crucifix was carved by Ercole Ferrata.
- Saletta Gialla and Rossa contain Gobelins tapestries, including those on Zodiac signs by Claude Audran.
- Sala del Poussin: Landscapes by Claude Lorrain. Birth of Adonis and the Rape of Adonis by Poussin and Giacomo Eremiti.
Main painting galleries:
- 1st Gallery: Mary Magdalene by .
- 2nd Gallery (Galleria degli Specchi): Velázquez and Bernini portraits, antique Roman statues; and Crossing of Red Sea by Antonio Tempesta.
- Saletta del Seicento: Caravaggio's Penitent Magdalene and The Rest on the Flight into Egypt
- Saletta del Cinquecento: Double portrait by Raphael; Salome with the head of St John the Baptist by Titian.
- Saletta del Quattrocento: works by Ludovico Mazzolino and Antoniazzo Romano.
- 3rd Gallery: St Jerome by Paul Brill.
- 4th Gallery: bust of Olimpia Aldobrandini by Algardi; St John the Baptist by Caravaggio; Christ in the temple by Mazzolino.
- Saletta degli Specchi: Landscape by Domenichino; St Joseph by Guercino; Angel by Titian, Christ in the Garden by Venusti.
- Salone Aldobrandini: antique sculptures and marble reliefs by Duquesnoy.
Room of Andrea Doria: Portrait of Christopher Columbus by
Note: The Palazzo housing the Gallery Doria Pamphilj should not be confused with the Palazzo Pamphilj, in Rome's Piazza Navona, now the Brazilian Embassy. Nor should this palace be confused with a second Palazzo Doria-Pamphilj, a summer urban villa, in Valmontone near Rome; this palace, while badly damaged during the Second World War, is renowned for its late Baroque fresco series by Francesco Cozza, Pier Francesco Mola, and Mattia Preti.[1]
Collection highlights
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Hans Memling, Lamentation (c. 1470)
68 × 53 cm -
Jan Gossaert, 'Doria-Pamphilj Diptych (c. 1508)
40 × 22 cm -
Caravaggio, Rest on the Flight into Egypt (c. 1597)
133.5 × 166.5 cm -
José de Ribera, Saint Jerome (1637)
128.5 × 102 cm
References
- ^ "Valmontone - Palazzo Doria Pamphilj". Archived from the original on 2006-11-16. Retrieved 2006-11-15.
External links
- Official website
- Doria Pamphilj Gallery travel guide from Wikivoyage
- Media related to Galleria Doria Pamphilj at Wikimedia Commons
Preceded by Casa di Goethe |
Landmarks of Rome Doria Pamphilj Gallery |
Succeeded by Galleria Borghese |