The Galleria Sabauda is an art collection in the Italian city of

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, which contains the royal art collections amassed by the

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over the centuries. It is located on Via XX Settembre, 86. The museum, whose first directors were Roberto and Massimo d'Azeglio, unites the art collection of Eugene of Savoy, acquired after his death by his cousin, the king of Sardinia, with the works from the Royal Palace of Turin, the picture gallery of the Savoy-Carignano, and the artworks from the Palazzo Durazzo in

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, acquired in 1824. On October 2, 1832 (his birthday), King Charles Albert of Savoy inaugurated the royal gallery at the

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, containing 365 paintings. In 1865, Massimo d'Azeglio had the collection transferred to

Guarino Guarini Camillo Guarino Guarini (17 January 1624 – 6 March 1683) was an Italian architect of the Piedmontese Baroque, active in Turin as well as Sicily, France, and Portugal. He was a Theatine priest, mathematician, and writer.. Biography Guarini wa ...

's Palazzo dell'Accademia delle Scienze (1679) where it stood until 2012, before it was moved to the current location. On December 4, 2014, in the presence of the Italian Minister of Culture, the "Manica Nuova" of Palazzo Reale (New Wing of the Royal Palace) was official opened. The collection has now found its final place to be exhibited. The gallery is based on a brand new museum project conceived and developed by the superintendent Edith Gabrielli (for the scientific part) together with Studio Albini Associati (staging). The lighting is by CastagnaRavelli Studio, based in Milan; graphics are by Noorda Design.

Collection

The collection includes works by Netherlandish artists such as

Gerrit Dou Gerrit Dou (7 April 1613 – 9 February 1675), also known as Gerard Douw or Dow, was a Dutch Golden Age painter, whose small, highly polished paintings are typical of the Leiden fijnschilders. He specialised in genre scenes and is noted for his ...

, Jan van Eyck,

Rogier van der Weyden Rogier van der Weyden () or Roger de la Pasture (1399 or 140018 June 1464) was an Early Netherlandish painting, early Netherlandish painter whose surviving works consist mainly of religious triptychs, altarpieces, and commissioned single and dip ...

(side panels of the '' Annunciation Triptych''), Jan van Huchtenburg,

Hans Memling Hans Memling (also spelled Memlinc; c. 1430 – 11 August 1494) was a painter active in Flanders, who worked in the tradition of Early Netherlandish painting. He was born in the Middle Rhine region and probably spent his childhood in Mainz. H ...

('' Scenes from the Passion of Christ''),

Rembrandt Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (, ; 15 July 1606 – 4 October 1669), usually simply known as Rembrandt, was a Dutch Golden Age painter, printmaker and draughtsman. An innovative and prolific master in three media, he is generally co ...

, and Anthony van Dyck ('' Portrait of the Three Eldest Children of Charles I''), as well as paintings by Italian artists such as Duccio di Buoninsegna ('' Gualino Madonna''), Macrino d'Alba,

Sandro Botticelli Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi ( – May 17, 1510), known as Sandro Botticelli (, ), was an Italian painter of the Early Renaissance. Botticelli's posthumous reputation suffered until the late 19th century, when he was rediscovered ...

Filippino Lippi Filippino Lippi (April 1457 – 18 April 1504) was an Italian painter working in Florence, Italy during the later years of the Early Renaissance and first few years of the High Renaissance. Biography Filippino Lippi was born in Prato, Tu ...

('' Three Angels and Young Tobias''), Bernardo Daddi, Fra Angelico, Piero del Pollaiuolo, Agnolo Bronzino, Bernardo Bellotto,

Giovanni Canavesio Giovanni Canavesio (before 1450 – 1500) was an Italian artist, documented as a "master artist" in 1450 . He was proficient in polyptychs or panels, monumental paintings, and book illuminations. He was active in Liguria and southern France later ...

, Orazio Gentileschi ('' Annunciation''),

Andrea Mantegna Andrea Mantegna (, , ; September 13, 1506) was an Italian painter, a student of Roman archeology, and son-in-law of Jacopo Bellini. Like other artists of the time, Mantegna experimented with perspective, e.g. by lowering the horizon in ord ...

, Girolamo Savoldo,

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Giovanni Battista Tiepolo ( , ; March 5, 1696 – March 27, 1770), also known as Giambattista (or Gianbattista) Tiepolo, was an Italian painter and printmaker from the Republic of Venice who painted in the Rococo style, considered an impor ...

, Gaudenzio and Defendente Ferrari,

Giovanni Bellini Giovanni Bellini (; c. 1430 – 26 November 1516) was an Italian Renaissance painter, probably the best known of the Bellini family of Venetian painters. He was raised in the household of Jacopo Bellini, formerly thought to have been his fath ...

Guercino Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (February 8, 1591 – December 22, 1666),Miller, 1964 better known as Guercino, or il Guercino , was an Italian Baroque painter and draftsman from Cento in the Emilia region, who was active in Rome and Bologna. The ...

, Francesco Cairo,

Sebastiano Ricci Sebastiano Ricci (1 August 165915 May 1734) was an Italian painter of the late Baroque school of Venice. About the same age as Piazzetta, and an elder contemporary of Tiepolo, he represents a late version of the vigorous and luminous Corton ...

, Giovanni Martino Spanzotti,

Titian Tiziano Vecelli or Vecellio (; 27 August 1576), known in English as Titian ( ), was an Italian (Venetian) painter of the Renaissance, considered the most important member of the 16th-century Venetian school. He was born in Pieve di Cadore, n ...

Paolo Veronese Paolo Caliari (152819 April 1588), known as Paolo Veronese ( , also , ), was an Italian Renaissance painter based in Venice, known for extremely large history paintings of religion and mythology, such as ''The Wedding at Cana'' (1563) and ''The ...

, and Tintoretto, and the Frenchman Pierre Subleyras.

Selected highlights

File:Duccio di Buoninsegna - Gualino Madonna - WGA06707.jpg, Duccio di Buoninsegna,
''Gualino Madonna'', c. 1285,
157 × 86 cm File:Angelico, madonna col bambino, pinacoteca sabauda.jpg, Fra Angelico,
''Madonna and Child'', c. 1430,
63 × 47 cm File:Stimmate-San-Francesco-TO-Van-Eyck.jpg, Jan van Eyck,
''Stigmata of Saint Francis'', c. 1432 File:Rogier van der Weyden Sabauda trip Anunciacio.jpg, Rogier van der Weyden,
''Annunciation Triptych'' (wings), c. 1434 File:Antonio del Pollaiolo - Tobias and the Angel - WGA18047.jpg, Antonio del Pollaiuolo,
''Tobias and the Angel'', c. 1460 File:Hans Memling Passione.jpg, Hans Memling,
''Passion of Christ'', c. 1471,
57 × 92 cm File:Filippino lippi, tobiolo e i tre arcangeli, 1485, torino, galleria sabauda.jpg, Filippino Lippi,
''Tobias and the Archangels'', c. 1485 File:Mantegna, madonna e santi, galleria sabauda.jpg, Andrea Mantegna,
'' Madonna and Child with Saints'', c. 1500,
61.5 × 87.5 cm File:Paolo Veronese - Feast in the House of Simon - WGA24863.jpg, Paolo Veronese,
''Feast in the House of Simon'', c. 1560,
315 × 451 cm File:Paolo Veronese - Venus and Mars with Cupid and a Horse - WGA24966.jpg, Paolo Veronese,
''Mars and Venus'' c. 1570,
47 × 47 cm File:Annunciazione (1623 circa) - Orazio Gentileschi.jpg, Orazio Gentileschi,
'' Annunciation'', c. 1623,
286 × 196 cm File:Rembrandt van Rijn, Een oude man slapend bij het vuur, mogelijk 'De Luiheid', 1629, Galleria Sabauda, Torino.jpg, Rembrandt,
''Old Man Sleeping by a Fire'', c. 1629,
52 × 41 cm File:Cardinal Maurizio of Savoy Duquesnoy.jpg, François Duquesnoy,
''

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'', 1636,
86.5 cm

References

External links

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