Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica

Coordinates: 41°54′12.65″N 12°29′24.75″E / 41.9035139°N 12.4902083°E / 41.9035139; 12.4902083
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Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica
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Established1893
LocationPalazzo Barberini, via delle Quattro Fontane, 13 ()
Palazzo Corsini, Via della Lungara 10 ()
Rome, Italy
Coordinates41°54′12.65″N 12°29′24.75″E / 41.9035139°N 12.4902083°E / 41.9035139; 12.4902083
Visitors153,549[1]
DirectorFlaminia Gennari Santori
Websitewww.barberinicorsini.org

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]

Design

The Palazzo Barberini was designed for

Allegory of Divine Providence and Barberini Power.[citation needed
]

Paletti Corsini

The exhibition in the 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.

See also

Caravaggio, Judith Beheading Holofernes

References

  1. ^ (2015) Ministero dei Beni e delle Attività Culturali, Visitatori e introiti dei musei
  2. ^ "Sito Ufficiale Galleria Barberini – Le collezioni". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 16 July 2011.

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Preceded by
Galleria Comunale d'Arte Moderna, Rome
Landmarks of Rome
Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica
Succeeded by
Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna