The Doria Pamphilj Gallery is a large art collection housed in the Palazzo Doria Pamphilj in

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, between Via del Corso and Via della Gatta. The principal entrance is on the Via del Corso (until recently, the entrance to the gallery was from the Piazza del Collegio Romano). The palace façade on Via del Corso is adjacent to a church, Santa Maria in Via Lata. Like the palace, it is still privately owned by the princely Roman family Doria Pamphili. Tours of the state rooms often culminate in concerts of Baroque and Renaissance music, paying tribute to the setting and the masterpieces it contains.

Collection

Palazzo doria pamphili, sala del pussino

The large collection of paintings, furniture and statuary has been assembled since the 16th century by the Doria,

Pamphilj The House of Pamphili (often with the final ''long i'' orthography, Pamphilj) was one of the papal families deeply entrenched in Catholic Church, Roman and Italian politics of the 16th and 17th centuries. Later, the Pamphili family line merged ...

, Landi and

Aldobrandini The House of Aldobrandini is an Italian noble family originally from Florence, where in the Middle Ages they held the most important municipal offices. Now the Aldobrandini are resident in Rome, with close ties to the Vatican. History Their ...

families now united through marriage and descent under the simplified surname Doria Pamphilj. The collection includes paintings and furnishings from

Innocent X Pope Innocent X ( la, Innocentius X; it, Innocenzo X; 6 May 1574 – 7 January 1655), born Giovanni Battista Pamphilj (or Pamphili), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 15 September 1644 to his death in January ...

's Palazzo Pamphilj (in Piazza Navona), who bequeathed them to his nephew

Camillo Pamphilj Camillo Francesco Maria Pamphili (21 February 1622 – 26 July 1666) was an Italian Catholic cardinal and nobleman of the Pamphili family. His name is often spelled with the final ''long i'' orthography; Pamphilj. Early life Pamphili was ...

. The Palazzo has grown over the centuries; it is likely the largest in Rome still in private ownership. The main collection is displayed in

state rooms A state room in a large European mansion is usually one of a suite of very grand rooms which were designed for use when entertaining royalty. The term was most widely used in the 17th and 18th centuries. They were the most lavishly decorated in ...

, including the

chapel A chapel is a Christian place of prayer and worship that is usually relatively small. The term has several meanings. Firstly, smaller spaces inside a church that have their own altar are often called chapels; the Lady chapel is a common ty ...

, complete with the mummified corpse of the family

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. However, the bulk is displayed in a series of four gilded and painted galleries surrounding a courtyard. An extensive suite of further rooms have now been converted to permanent well-lit galleries, containing the more

medieval In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the Post-classical, post-classical period of World history (field), global history. It began with t ...

and

Byzantine art Byzantine art comprises the body of Christian Greek artistic products of the Eastern Roman Empire, as well as the nations and states that inherited culturally from the empire. Though the empire itself emerged from the decline of Rome and lasted ...

in the collection. The palace was renovated for the marriage of Andrea IV Doria Pamphilj Landi to Princess

Leopoldina Maria of Savoy Princess Leopoldina of Savoy (Leopoldina Maria; 21 December 1744 – 17 April 1807) was a Princess of Savoy and later the Princess of Melfi, as wife of Giovanni ''Andrea'' VI Doria-Pamphilj-Landi, (13) Prince of Melfi. She was the older siste ...

, daughter of Louis Victor, Prince of Carignan and

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in 1767. Work was carried out under the supervision of Francesco Nicoletti, an architect from Trapani. Velázquez's ''

Portrait of Innocent X ''Portrait of Pope Innocent X'' is an oil on canvas portrait by the Spanish painter Diego Velázquez, executed during a trip to Italy around 1650. Many artists and art critics consider it the finest portrait ever created. It is housed in the Galle ...

'', who rose to papacy as cardinal Giovan Battista Pamphilj in 1644, is considered the collection's masterpiece. Velázquez while not idealizing the pope's countenance, is not unflattering in the portrait;

's features were by his contemporaries believed to symbolise a despotic lifestyle and vindictive character. The portrait painted to commemorate the Holy Year was commissioned by his hedonistic sister-in-law

Olimpia Maidalchini Olimpia Maidalchini Pamphilj (26 May 1591 – 27 September 1657), (also spelled Pamphili and known as Olimpia Pamphili), was the sister-in-law of Pope Innocent X (Pamphili). She was perceived by her contemporaries as having influence regarding pap ...

who was his close confidante and adviser, and some say mistress. Since 1927, Velázquez's portrait was placed in a specially designated small room along with a sculptured bust of the same pope by

Bernini Gian Lorenzo (or Gianlorenzo) Bernini (, , ; Italian Giovanni Lorenzo; 7 December 159828 November 1680) was an Italian sculptor and architect. While a major figure in the world of architecture, he was more prominently the leading sculptor of his ...

. Olimpia Maidalchini's son

, defying his powerful mother, renounced the

Cardinalship A cardinal ( la, Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae cardinalis, literally 'cardinal of the Holy Roman Church') is a senior member of the clergy of the Catholic Church. Cardinals are created by the ruling pope and typically hold the title for life. Col ...

conferred on him by his uncle the Pope and married the widowed

Olimpia Borghese Olimpia Aldobrandini (20 April 1623 – 18 December 1681) was a member of the Aldobrandini family of Rome, and the sole heiress to the family fortune. Biography Donna Olimpia Aldobrandini was born 20 April 1623, the daughter of Giorgio Aldob ...

. Born an Aldobrandini, she brought the palazzo known as Palazzo Aldobrandini into the Pamphilj family. Following a period of exile in the country, to avoid confrontation with the Pope and Olimpia Maidalchini, the newly married couple took up permanent residence in the Palazzo Aldobrandini which from 1654 Camillo began to expand on a large scale; neighbouring houses and a

convent A convent is a community of monks, nuns, religious brothers or, sisters or priests. Alternatively, ''convent'' means the building used by the community. The word is particularly used in the Catholic Church, Lutheran churches, and the Anglican ...

were bought and demolished as the Palazzo grew, in spite of local opposition from the neighbouring

Jesuits The Society of Jesus ( la, Societas Iesu; abbreviation: SJ), also known as the Jesuits (; la, Iesuitæ), is a religious order (Catholic), religious order of clerics regular of pontifical right for men in the Catholic Church headquartered in Rom ...

at the Collegio Romano. The architect in charge of this lengthy project was Antonio Del Grande. The façade facing the Via del Corso, however, is by

Gabriele Valvassori Gabriele Valvassori (21 August 1683 – 7 April 1761) was an Italian architect of the late- Baroque period, mainly active in his native city of Rome. In 1711–1717, he helped design the small church of San Giuseppe alle Fornaci near Foli ...

. Following Camillo's death in 1666, building continued under the auspices of his two sons Giovanni Battista (his heir) and

Benedetto Benedetto is a common Italian name, the equivalent of the English name Benedict. Notable people named Benedetto include: People with the given name * Benedetto Accolti (disambiguation), several people * Benedetto Aloi (1935–2011), American mob ...

. One of Camillo and Olimpia's daughters, Anna Pamphilj, married the Genoese aristocrat Giovanni Andrea III Doria Landi in 1671, and it was their descendants who inherited the Palazzo when the Roman branch of the Pamphilj family ended in 1760. In 1763 Prince Andrea IV combined his Genoese and Roman names to the present Doria-Pamphilj-Landi. In 1767 the ceilings of the state rooms were frescoed by late-

baroque The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...

artists such as Crescenzio Onofri, Aureliano Milani, and

Stefano Pozzi Stefano Pozzi (9 November 1699 — 11 June 1768) was an Italian painter, designer, draughtsman and decorator whose career was spent largely in Rome. Born in Rome, he was one of four artist sons of his father, an innkeeper: Rocco (1701–74) ...

(Sala degli Specchi). The collection was first opened to the

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by the three-quarters

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Princess Orietta Pogson Doria Pamphilj, whose English husband Commander

Frank Pogson The House of Doria Pamphilj Landi (also called simply Doria Pamphilj) was a princely Roman family of Genoa, Genoese extraction. Legend has it that the origins of the Doria (family), Doria family date from the early 11th century, but the authentic ...

added her name to his. Her own father, Prince Filippo Andrea VI, was half English. Princess Orietta and Commander Frank did much to restore the collection and the Palazzo; following her death in 2000 the guardianship of the collection was taken over by her adopted, English-born children, Jonathan Doria Pamphilj and Gesine Pogson Doria Pamphilj, who still live in the palazzo. Along with the possessions of the

Colonna The House of Colonna, also known as ''Sciarrillo'' or ''Sciarra'', is an Italian noble family, forming part of the papal nobility. It was powerful in medieval and Renaissance Rome, supplying one pope (Martin V) and many other church and politica ...

and Pallavicini-Rospigliosi families, this is one of the largest private art collections in Rome.

Overview

*The Family chapel was designed by architect Carlo Fontana in the late 17th century, but since altered. The ivory crucifix was carved by Ercole Ferrata. *Saletta Gialla and Rossa contain

Gobelins Gobelins may refer to: * Gobelin, the name of family of dyers, established from the 15th century * Gobelins Manufactory, a historic tapestry factory in Paris, France * Gobelins, l'École de l'image, a school of visual communication and arts in Pa ...

tapestries, including those on Zodiac signs by Claude Audran. *Sala del Poussin: ''Landscapes'' by

Claude Lorrain Claude Lorrain (; born Claude Gellée , called ''le Lorrain'' in French; traditionally just Claude in English; c. 1600 – 23 November 1682) was a French painter, draughtsman and etcher of the Baroque era. He spent most of his life in It ...

. ''Birth of Adonis'' and the ''Rape of Adonis'' by Poussin and

Giacomo Eremiti Giacomo Eremiti (17th century) was an Italian painter of landscapes, active in Rome. He painted the landscapes in the ''Birth of Adonis'' and the ''Rape of Adonis'' now in the Palazzo Doria Pamphili in Rome, and in the figures were added by Nicolas ...

. Main painting galleries: *1st Gallery: ''Mary Magdalene'' by

Carracci The Carracci were a family of Italian artists. Notable members include: * Agostino Carracci (1557–1602), Italian painter and printmaker * Annibale Carracci (1560–1609), Italian Baroque painter and brother of Agostino Carracci * Ludovico Carra ...

; ''Christ in the house of the Pharisee'' by Cigoli; ''St. Roch and angel'' by

Saraceni Saraceni is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Carlo Saraceni (1579–1620), Italian painter * Enrico Saraceni (born 1964), Italian athlete * Fernando Saraceni (1891–1956), Italian footballer * Giovanni Michele Saraceni (1498– ...

; and ''Herminia and Tancred'' by

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 vig ...

. *2nd Gallery (''Galleria degli Specchi''): Velázquez and

portraits, antique Roman statues; and ''Crossing of Red Sea'' by Antonio Tempesta. *Saletta del Seicento:

Caravaggio Michelangelo Merisi (Michele Angelo Merigi or Amerighi) da Caravaggio, known as simply Caravaggio (, , ; 29 September 1571 – 18 July 1610), was an Italian painter active in Rome for most of his artistic life. During the final four years of hi ...

's ''Penitent Magdalene'' and ''The Rest on the Flight into Egypt '' *Saletta del Cinquecento: Double portrait by

Raphael Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, better known as Raphael (; or ; March 28 or April 6, 1483April 6, 1520), was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. List of works by Raphael, His work is admired for its clarity of form, ease of ...

; ''Salome with the head of St John the Baptist'' by

Titian Tiziano Vecelli or Vecellio (; 27 August 1576), known in English as Titian ( ), was an Italians, Italian (Republic of Venice, Venetian) painter of the Renaissance, considered the most important member of the 16th-century Venetian school (art), ...

. *''Saletta del Quattrocento'': works by

Ludovico Mazzolino Ludovico Mazzolino (1480 – c. 1528) - also known as Mazzolini da Ferrara, Lodovico Ferraresa, and Il Ferrarese - was an Italian Renaissance painter active in Ferrara and Bologna. Biography He was born and died in Ferrara. He appears to have ...

and Antoniazzo Romano. *3rd Gallery: ''St Jerome'' by

Lotto Lotto may refer to: * Lotto, original, 15th century name of the Italian lottery * Lotto (Milan Metro), a railway station in Milan, Italy * Lotto carpet, a carpet having a lacy arabesque pattern * Lotto Sport Italia, an Italian sports apparel manuf ...

; ''Return of prodigal son'' by

; ''Madonna in adoration of the Child'' by Reni; ''Crucifixion'' by

Marcello Venusti Marcello Venusti (1512 – 15 October 1579) was an Italian Mannerist painter active in Rome in the mid-16th century. Native to Mazzo di Valtellina near Como, he was reputed to have been a pupil of Perino del Vaga. He is known for a scaled cop ...

; ''Holy Family'' by

Sassoferrato Sassoferrato is a town and ''comune'' of the province of Ancona in the Marche region of central-eastern Italy. History To the south of the town lie the ruins of the ancient Sentinum, on the Via Flaminia. The castle above the town is mentione ...

; ''Landscape with hunting scene'' by

Paul Brill Paul Brill is an American composer, songwriter, and producer based in Brooklyn, New York. Brill is a three-time Emmy Award nominee who has scored feature films, television series and NPR Radio Themes, most notably: '' Joan Rivers: A Piece of ...

. *4th Gallery: bust of '' Olimpia Aldobrandini'' by

Algardi Alessandro Algardi (July 31, 1598 – June 10, 1654) was an Italian high- Baroque sculptor active almost exclusively in Rome, where for the latter decades of his life, he was, along with Francesco Borromini and Pietro da Cortona, one of the maj ...

; ''St John the Baptist'' by

; ''Christ in the temple'' by Mazzolino. *''Saletta degli Specchi'': ''Landscape'' by

Domenichino Domenico Zampieri (, ; October 21, 1581 – April 6, 1641), known by the diminutive Domenichino (, ) after his shortness, was an Italian Baroque painter of the Bolognese School of painters. Life Domenichino was born in Bologna, son of a shoem ...

; ''St Joseph'' by

; ''Angel'' by Titian, ''Christ in the Garden'' by Venusti. *''Salone Aldobrandini'': antique sculptures and marble reliefs by Duquesnoy. Room of Andrea Doria: ''Portrait of Christopher Columbus'' by Jan Mabuse and Sebastiano del Piombo, ''Portrait of Andrea Doria''. Green Salon: large mid-15th century Tournai tapestry with the medieval legend of Alexander the Great; ''bronze of Innocent X'' by Algardi; ''Portrait'' by Lotto; and

Filippo Lippi Filippo Lippi ( – 8 October 1469), also known as Lippo Lippi, was an Italian painter of the Quattrocento (15th century) and a Carmelite Priest. Biography Lippi was born in Florence in 1406 to Tommaso, a butcher, and his wife. He was orp ...

's ''Annunciation''. Note: The Palazzo housing the Gallery Doria Pamphilj should not be confused with the Palazzo Pamphilj, in Rome's Piazza Navona, now the Brazilian Embassy. Nor should this palace be confused with a second Palazzo Doria-Pamphilj, a summer urban villa, in

Valmontone Valmontone is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Rome in the Italian region Lazio, located about southeast of Rome. Geography The historic part of the town is situated on a tuffaceous hill, above sea level, part of a mor ...

near Rome; this palace, while badly damaged during the Second World War, is renowned for its late Baroque fresco series by Francesco Cozza,

Pier Francesco Mola Pier Francesco Mola, called Il Ticinese (9 February 1612 – 13 May 1666) was an Italian painter of the High Baroque, mainly active around Rome. Biography Mola was born at Coldrerio (now in Ticino, Switzerland).''Ecstasy in the Wilderness: Pier ...

, and

Mattia Preti Mattia Preti (24 February 1613 – 3 January 1699) was an Italian Baroque artist who worked in Italy and Malta. He was appointed a Member of the Order of Saint John. Life Born in the small town of Taverna in Calabria, Preti was called ''Il Cava ...

Collection highlights

File:Annunciation, Rome - Fra Lippi.jpg,

, ''

Annunciation The Annunciation (from Latin '), also referred to as the Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Annunciation of Our Lady, or the Annunciation of the Lord, is the Christian celebration of the biblical tale of the announcement by the ange ...

'' (c. 1445–1450)
117 × 173 cm File:Hans Memling 012.jpg, Hans Memling, ''Lamentation'' (c. 1470)
68 × 53 cm File:Gossaert St Anthony with a Donor.jpg, Jan Gossaert, 'Doria-Pamphilj Diptych'' (c. 1508)
40 × 22 cm File:Vecelli, Tiziano - Judith - c. 1515.jpg,

, ''

Salome Salome (; he, שְלוֹמִית, Shlomit, related to , "peace"; el, Σαλώμη), also known as Salome III, was a Jewish princess, the daughter of Herod II, son of Herod the Great, and princess Herodias, granddaughter of Herod the Great, an ...

'' (c. 1515)
90 × 72 cm File:Palazzo-doria-pamphilj-raffaello-doppio-ritratto-big.jpg,

, ''

Portrait of Andrea Navagero and Agostino Beazzano The ''Portrait of Andrea Navagero e Agostino Beazzano'' is a painting by the Italian High Renaissance painter Raphael, created in 1516. It is housed in the Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Rome. History The work seems to have been produced in April 1516 ...

'' (c. 1516)
77 × 111 cm File:Parmigianino - Madonna and Child - WGA17037.jpg, Parmigianino, ''

Doria Madonna The ''Doria Madonna'' is a c.1525 oil on panel painting by Parmigianino, now in the Galleria Doria-Pamphili in Rome. Its shape and dimensions show it to form a diptych with the '' Nativity with Angels'' in the same gallery. A smaller autograph ve ...

'' (c. 1525)
59 × 34 cm File:View of the bay of Naples, by Pieter Bruegel (I).jpg,

Pieter Bruegel the Elder Pieter Bruegel (also Brueghel or Breughel) the Elder (, ; ; – 9 September 1569) was the most significant artist of Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painting, a painter and printmaker, known for his landscapes and peasant scenes (so-called genr ...

, ''

Naval Battle in the Gulf of Naples ''Naval Battle in the Gulf of Naples'' is an oil painting on panel by the Flemish Renaissance artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder, painted from 1558 to 1562. It is in the Doria Pamphilj Gallery in Rome. Painting Bruegel traveled to the Italian penin ...

'' (1558–1562)
42 × 71 cm File:Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio - Magdalene - WGA04094.jpg,

, '' Penitent Magdalene'' (1593)
122.5 × 98.5 cm File:Michelangelo Caravaggio 025.jpg, Caravaggio, ''

Rest on the Flight into Egypt The Rest on the Flight into Egypt is a subject in Christian art showing Mary, Joseph, and the infant Jesus resting during their flight into Egypt. The Holy Family is normally shown in a landscape. The subject did not develop until the secon ...

'' (c. 1597)
133.5 × 166.5 cm File:Annibale Carracci 003.jpg,

Annibale Carracci Annibale Carracci (; November 3, 1560 – July 15, 1609) was an Italian painter and instructor, active in Bologna and later in Rome. Along with his brother and cousin, Annibale was one of the progenitors, if not founders of a leading strand of th ...

, '' Landscape with the Flight into Egypt'' (c. 1604)
122 × 230 cm File:José de Ribera - St Jerome - WGA19364.jpg,

José de Ribera Jusepe de Ribera (1591 – 1652) was a painter and printmaker, who along with Francisco de Zurbarán, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, and the singular Diego Velázquez, are regarded as the major artists of Spanish Baroque painting. Referring to ...

, ''Saint Jerome'' (1637)
128.5 × 102 cm File:Retrato del Papa Inocencio X. Roma, by Diego Velázquez.jpg,

Diego Velázquez Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (baptized June 6, 1599August 6, 1660) was a Spanish painter, the leading artist in the court of King Philip IV of Spain and Portugal, and of the Spanish Golden Age. He was an individualistic artist of th ...

, ''

'' (c. 1650)
141 × 119 cm

References

External links

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