Tag: Palazzo Barberini

Ritratto di papa Urbano VIII Barberini (c.1631-1632)

Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (1598-1680) Ritratto di papa Urbano VIII Barberini (Portrait of Pope Urban VIII Barberini) c.1631–1632 Oil on canvas, 70 x 65 cm Palazzo Barberini, Roma Upon his election in 1623, Maffeo Barberini chose the name Urban to emphasize, among other…

La Fornarina (c.1520)

Raffaello (1483-1520) La Fornarina (Portrait of a Young Woman) c.1520 Oil on panel, 87 x 63 cm Palazzo Barberini, Roma The subject of this portrait, according to tradition, was Raphael’s inspirational muse and mistress: Margherita Luti, the daughter of a baker in…

San Francesco in meditazione (1606-1607)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) San Francesco in meditazione (Saint Francis in Meditation) 1606–1607 Oil on canvas, 123 x 92.5 cm Palazzo Barberini, Roma In a gloomy and arid scenery, Saint Francis wraps a skull with his hands. He is meditating about death, considered to…

Narciso (1597-1599)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) Narciso (Narcissus) 1597–1599 Oil on canvas, 113.3 x 94 cm Palazzo Barberini, Roma The classical myth of Narcissus had been frequently represented since antiquity, but the version by Caravaggio is distinguished by its unusual compositional scheme, conceived rather like a…

Giuditta e Oloferne (c.1599)

Caravaggio (1571-1610) Giuditta e Oloferne (Judith Beheading Holofernes) c.1599 Oil on canvas, 145 x 195 cm Palazzo Barberini, Roma Three characters and a red cloth in the background: few elements, capable of orchestrating a true theater of opposites. Darkness and light,…

Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica (Palazzo Barberini)

Established: 1895 Location: Via delle Quattro Fontane 13, Roma Website: https://barberinicorsini.org/ Collection: • Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (1598-1680): Ritratto di papa Urbano VIII Barberini (c.1631-32) • Caravaggio (1571-1610): Giuditta e Oloferne (c.1599) • Caravaggio (1571-1610): Narciso (1597-99) • Caravaggio (1571-1610): San Francesco in meditazione (1606-07) • Raffaello (1483-1520): La Fornarina…

Roma (Italia)

Museums: • Accademia Nazionale di San Luca: Piazza dell’Accademia di San Luca 77 • Cappella Sistina: Viale Vaticano 2, Città del Vaticano • Galleria Borghese: Piazzale Scipione Borghese 5, 00197 Roma • Galleria Colonna: Via della Pilotta, 17, 00187 Roma • Galleria Doria Pamphilj: Via del Corso,…

Italia

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