Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica at Palazzo Barberini - Roma, Italy - Art Museums on Waymarking.com

The National Gallery of Ancient Art (in Italian: Galleria Nazionali d'Arte Antica) is a museum institution founded in 1895 in Rome. Originally housed in Corsini Palace; it is only since the 1950s that it is dvided between the palaces Corsini and Barberini.

The Palazzo Barberini was designed for Pope Urban VIII by Carlo Maderno (1556–1629) on the previous location of Villa Sforza. The ceiling of the central hall was decorated by Pietro da Cortona with the panegyric Allegory of Divine Providence and Barberini power to glorify the Barberini family.

The gallery's collection includes works by Bernini, Caravaggio, van Dyck, Holbein, Beato Angelico, Lippi, Lotto, Preti, Poussin, El Greco, Raphael, Tiepolo, Tintoretto, Rubens, Murillo, Ribera and Titian.

In the cellars of the palace, an altar dedicated to Mithra (a Mithraeum) was discovered. It probably dates from the second century.

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Name: Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica Location: Via delle Quattro Fontane, 13, 00184 Roma, Italy Phone Number: +39 06 4814591 Web Site: [Web Link] Agency/Ownership: Public Hours of operation: Tuesday to Sunday 8.30 to 19.00 Closing days: Monday, December 25th, January 1st Admission Fee: € 12 Gift Shop: yes Cafe/Restaurant: no

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