Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica

41°54′12.65″N 12°29′24.75″E / 41.9035139°N 12.4902083°E / 41.9035139; 12.4902083Visitors153,549^[1]DirectorFlaminia Gennari SantoriWebsitewww.barberinicorsini.org

The Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica or National Gallery of Ancient Art is an art museum in Rome, Italy. It is the principal national collection of older paintings in Rome – mostly from before 1800; it does not hold any antiquities. It has two sites: the Palazzo Barberini and the Palazzo Corsini.^[2]

Design

The Palazzo Barberini was designed for Pope Urban VIII, a member of the Barberini family, by the sixteenth-century architect Carlo Maderno on the old location of Villa Sforza. Its central salon ceiling was decorated by Pietro da Cortona with the visual panegyric of the Allegory of Divine Providence and Barberini Power.^{[citation needed]}

Paletti Corsini

The Palazzo Corsini, formerly known as Palazzo Riario, is a fifteenth-century palace, rebuilt in the eighteenth century by the architect Ferdinando Fuga for Cardinal Neri Maria Corsini.

See also

• Paintings in the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica
• List of national galleries

References

External links

• Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica travel guide from Wikivoyage
• Media related to Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica at Wikimedia Commons

Preceded by Galleria Comunale d'Arte Moderna, Rome

Landmarks of Rome Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica

Succeeded by Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna