PALAZZO BARBERINI
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Palace hosting two museums and one of the most beautiful collections of paintings of Italy in Rome.
Designed by the three great Baroque architects: Bernini, Borromini and Maderno, the palace has the shape of a villa, with a central body and two wings in return. The façade is by Bernini and the oval staircase of the right wing by Borromini. The palace houses two museums and one of the most beautiful collections of paintings in Italy. Much less frequented than the vast museums of the Vatican, it is nonetheless worth the detour and undoubtedly offers a more pleasant visit. The Pinacoteca or National Gallery of Ancient Art was created in 1895. It is composed of works from the 15th and 17th centuries from several private collections. Among the paintings on display are Caravaggio's Judith and Holofernes , Raphael's La Fornarina, Guido Reni's Portrait of Beatrice Cenci, paintings by Artemisia and Orazio Gentileschi, and many other important works by El Greco, Titian, the French school of the seventeenth century (Poussin), Guerchino, Perugino, Giulio Romano, Flemish, and Italian mannerists. On the second floor, the ceiling of the main hall was painted by Peter of Cortona, between 1633 and 1639, to the glory of the Barberini. It is covered with bees. Palazzo Barberini has been open to the public as a national museum since 1953. In fact, it was invested to accommodate the very large collection of Palazzo Corsini that no longer fit in the enclosure of the latter after new acquisitions. For this reason, the ticket you buy will also give you access to the sister gallery, the Galleria Corsini.
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