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spada gallery (Galleria Spada)
Palazzo
Spada which has been the seat of the Council of the
State and the gallery by the same name since
1927, is not far from the Palazzo Farnese, and
is located in the small Piazza Capodiferro.
It was
built in the middle of the sixteenth century by Bartolomeo
Baronino for Cardinal Giacomo Capodiferro
and its facade and courtyard are adorned with the excellent
stuccoes by Giulio Mazzoni, the building is characteristic
of the sixteenth-century aristocratic palace.
It was
bought by Cardinal Bernardino Spada in 1632,
it underwent, according to his wishes, expansion and
renovation work during which the seventeenth-century
wing of the palace and the famous Perspective
Gallery of Borromini (1652-53) was opened
on the left side of the courtyard; the optical telescope
of rare sophistication, which was able to transform,
in the typical Baroque skill, a space of 8 metres
into a flight of columns
which are apparently 35 metres
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, Berna rdino'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 Valentin), 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].30 pm (the ticket
office closes half an hour before the schedule closing
time)
Closed
Monday, Dec. 25, Jan. 1
Telephone
06 6832409 - 6874896; Fax 06 6861158
Price
€ 5,00; concessions € 2,50; free admittance for those
aged under 18 and over 65
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