The Galleria Sabauda is an art collection in the Italian city of Turin, which contains the royal art collections amassed by the

House of Savoy The House of Savoy ( it, Casa Savoia) was a royal dynasty that was established in 1003 in the historical Savoy region. Through gradual expansion, the family grew in power from ruling a small Alpine county north-west of Italy to absolute rule of ...

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 Genoa, acquired in 1824. On October 2, 1832 (his birthday), King

Charles Albert of Savoy Charles Albert (; 2 October 1798 – 28 July 1849) was the King of Sardinia from 27 April 1831 until 23 March 1849. His name is bound up with the first Italian constitution, the Albertine Statute, and with the First Italian War of Independen ...

inaugurated the royal gallery at the

Palazzo Madama Palazzo Madama might refer to: * Palazzo Madama, Rome * Palazzo Madama, Turin Palazzo Madama e Casaforte degli Acaja is a palace in Turin, Piedmont. It was the first Senate of the Kingdom of Italy, and takes its traditional name from the embelli ...

, 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,

Jan van Eyck Jan van Eyck ( , ; – July 9, 1441) was a painter active in Bruges who was one of the early innovators of what became known as Early Netherlandish painting, and one of the most significant representatives of Early Northern Renaissance art. Ac ...

, Rogier van der Weyden (side panels of the '' Annunciation Triptych''),

Jan van Huchtenburg J(oh)an and Jacob van Huchtenburg (also known as Hughtenburg or Hugtenburg(h)) were two Dutch Golden Age painters in the second half of the seventeenth century. Both brothers were natives of Haarlem, moved to Paris, but died in Amsterdam. The ma ...

, Hans Memling ('' 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 consid ...

, and

Anthony van Dyck Sir Anthony van Dyck (, many variant spellings; 22 March 1599 – 9 December 1641) was a Brabantian Flemish Baroque artist who became the leading court painter in England after success in the Southern Netherlands and Italy. The seventh c ...

('' 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, Filippino Lippi ('' Three Angels and Young Tobias''),

Bernardo Daddi Bernardo Daddi ( 1280 – 1348) was an early Italian Renaissance painter and the leading painter of Florence of his generation. He was one of the artists who contributed to the revolutionary art of the Renaissance, which broke away from the conven ...

, Fra Angelico, Piero del Pollaiuolo,

Agnolo Bronzino Agnolo di Cosimo (; 17 November 150323 November 1572), usually known as Bronzino ( it, Il Bronzino ) or Agnolo Bronzino, was an Italian Mannerist painter from Florence. His sobriquet, ''Bronzino'', may refer to his relatively dark skin or reddis ...

, 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 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 ...

''), Andrea Mantegna, 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 impo ...

, 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 father ...

, Guercino, 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 Cortonesqu ...

, Giovanni Martino Spanzotti, Titian,

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 Pierre Subleyras (; November 25, 1699 – May 28, 1749) was a French painter, active during the late- Baroque and early- Neoclassic period, mainly in Italy. Life Subleyras was born in Saint-Gilles-du-Gard, France. He left France in 1728, havi ...

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,
''

'', 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,
'' Cardinal Maurizio of Savoy'', 1636,
86.5 cm

References

External links

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Official website
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