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The reopening
to the public of the Borghese Gallery, has
been greeted as the most important event which has
taken place in the art world in recent years.
This
superb Seventeenth century collection gathered by
the homonymous Cardinal is not practically unharmed
but also enriched by historical items added
at the end of the Eighteenth century.
The
building was threatened by serious problems of stability
and considered unfit for use for a long time because
of the widespread hydrogeologic disorder that has
affected the whole area, therefore the villa
was closed for long time.
This
has prevented Romans and tourists
from enjoying one of the richest and most elegant
museums that the Capital can boast.
The building is a typical example of "villa
of the delights" of Renaissance memory,
the splendid suburban residence situated outside
the Pinciana Gate is one of the few examples
of that belt of patrician residences swept
away during the building boom which occurred after
the annexation of Rome to the Reign of
Italy.
It
providentially escaped one of the typical I real
estate speculations of that time, and was acquired
by the Italian State in 1902 along with its collections,
the property of the park was only subsequently
transferred to the City of Rome.
The
original nucleus of the villa was built at
the beginning of the Eighteenth century when
Scipione Borghese, an unrivalled patron and
collector, became a cardinal of Pope Paul V
and therefore the beneficiary of large incomes.
He
then decided to transform an ancient, anonymous
Sixteenth century vineyard into the prestigious
suburban family residence and a place for
cultural and mundane pleasures enriched by an unlimited
collection of ancient marbles and creations
of both famous and promising artists then working
in Rome.
The
result was a building projected by the architects
Flaminio Ponzio and Vasanzio, and carried
out between 1613 and 1615.
The mansion has a U shaped plan on
the model of the Sixteenth century Villa Farnesina
at the Lungara, with an antique facade which is
completely encrusted with basreliefs and
ancient statues.
By
contrast the sobriety of the interiors was meant
to create a neutral background against which
the superb art collection could stand out. Interestingly
the artworks were not always gathered by lawful
means: "acquisitions" enforced during the
night (as in the case of the famous Bagioni Deposition
by Raffaello), paintings extorted under threat
of jail (as happened to the Domenichino)
or generously withdrawing from the treasury of the
Apostolic Chamber allowed to gather works of exceptional
value, that still today dazzle visitors with their
beauty, in the mansion.
Such
works as those by ancient artists such as Raffaello,
Perugino, Dosso Dossi, Beccafumi,
Sodoma, Lotto, Bronzino,
Niccola dell'Abate, Parmigianino, and
works by contemporary artists such as Reni,
which are apparently 35 meters long, probably had
a moralizing meaning intended to warn the visitor
about the trick on the senses and about the illusoriness
of the ground size.
The
work is evidence of the cardinal's strong scientific
interests while the gallery, which was located
on the piano nobile in rooms which were expressly
created for exhibiting works, gave substance to
the cardinal's artistic preferences. other members
of the family added their contributions to the first
nucleus of works, such as: Virginio and
Orazio Spada (the former was the husband
of Maria Varalli who had to bring a dowry
of old and modern works of considerable importance
for the collection), as well as Cardinal
Filippo Spada, Bernardino's great-grandson who
lived at the beginning of the eighteenth century.
The gallery was restored to the state in
1951 after patient recuperation work of the material
lost during the Second World War was carried
out. The picture gallery occupies four large frescoed
halls which also include old and modern fittings,
furniture and marble; the ensemble thus successfully
restores the characteristic appearance of the private
collections of the seventeenth century where the
paintings, arranged on the walls in successive rows,
aspire to outlining, in an integrated and harmonious
way, rooms with a clearly decorative aspect.
The collection includes important examples
of seventeenth century paintings with works by
Reni, Guercino, Carracci,
Domenichino, Solimena, Preti
and the Artemisia Gentileschi, as well as
important pieces by the Nordic school (Bamboccio
and Valentini), and a valuable Titian.
One
of the most important works is the sketch created
by Baciccia for the fresco in the dome
of the church of Jesus, while two splendid chandeliers
in Murano glass in the third room and the
maps of the world by Dutch cartographer Guglielmo
Bleau stand out among the items on display.
Information
and Addresses
Address
Piazza Capodiferro, 13
Visiting
Hours Every day from 8.30 am to 730 pm (the ticket
office closes half an hour before the schedule closing
time)
Closed
Monday, Dec. 25, Ja n. 1
Price
€ 5,00; concessions € 2,50; free admittance for those
aged under 18 and over 65 (EU)
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