National Gallery of Ancient Art of Barberini Palace

Both Bernini and Borromini had a hand in the design of the Palazzo Barberini, another symbol of papal patronage, with half of the National Gallery of Art (The other half remains to be united in the Corsini Palace, on the other side of the Tiber, the collection when the officers of the Army Club on the ground floor of the Barberini, a move that has been pending for about 50 years removed.) The paintings range from the Middle Ages to the 18th Century and include masterpieces by Raphael, Caravaggio and Pietro da Cortona, who is also the spectacular ceiling fresco, The Triumph of Divine Providence. "

Newly renovated, the museum paintings by Italian artists, as well as Dutch and Flemish works.
Palazzo Barberini is another Roman palace worth visiting for its splendor and collection of art. In 1625 the family bought the Palazzo Barberini Sforza and other real estate in the area, look at the Barberini Palace, we now should be taken in Rome. After the death of Carlo Maderno, the first architect of the project, Gian Lorenzo Bernini succeeded as chief architect in 1629th Bernini, the idea of the high central "Salone", which extends through two floors of the castle. Salone culminates in the great vaults, where Piero da Cortona frescoed his divine providence, a pictorial celebration of the spiritual and worldly glory of the Barberini. Cortona also had a hand in the building of the castle: the greatest of his contributions was the design of the theater wing, in 1926 with the opening of the modern Via Barberini.When Maffeo Barberini became Pope Urban VIII demolished in 1623 he decided to build a large family was asked palazzo.Bernini the facade overlooking the garden and stairway design. Borromini was commissioned to the spiral staircase and window to the top story of the palace design. most colorful room in the Gran Salone, with its illusory. Ceiling frescoes by Pietro da Cortona, the Barberini collection is mainly of Italian painting from the thirteenth to the sixteenth century, with works by Fra Angelico, Filippo Lippi, Lorenzo Lotto, Andrea del Sarto, Perugino, Caravaggio, Canaletto and Raphael Judith and Holofernes. Thanks .. Caravaggio's painting of the artist during his stay in Rome under the patronage of Cardinal del Monte was realized the strong contrast between light and shadow and its tragic realism typical of the artist style and provoked great controversy Et in Arcadia Ego. By Guercino - 1618 It is one of the most famous paintings Guercino, what the discovery of a skull by two young shepherd boy, the artist finds a perfect harmony between his Venetian reminiscence and his personal sensitivity