Palazzo Corsini, Rome






The rear entrance of the Palazzo Corsini


The Palazzo Corsini is a prominent late-baroque palace in Rome, erected for the Corsini family between 1730–1740 as an elaboration of the prior building on the site, a 15th-century villa of the Riario family, based on designs of Ferdinando Fuga. It is located in the Trastevere section of the city, and stands beside the Villa Farnesina. During 1659–1689, the former Riario palace had hosted the eccentric Christina, Queen of Sweden, who abdicated, converted, and moved to Rome. Under her patronage, this was the site for the first meetings of the Roman Accademia dell'Arcadia.


In 1736, the Florentine Cardinal Neri Maria Corsini, nephew of Pope Clement XII (formerly Cardinal Lorenzo Corsini), acquired the villa and land, and commissioned the structure now standing. During the Napoleonic occupation of Rome, the palace hosted Joseph Bonaparte.


Today, the palace hosts some offices of the National Academy of Science (Accademia dei Lincei) and the Galleria Corsini. The gardens, which rise up the Janiculum hill, are part of the Orto Botanico dell'Università di Roma "La Sapienza", a botanical garden. This also, is not the sole Palazzo Corsini in Italy; there are a handful of palaces belonging to various lines of this Florentine family, which acquired and built this Roman palace, sometime referred to as Palazzo Corsini Lungarno only upon the ascension of their family member to the papacy. Another Corsini palace of note include the Palazzo Corsini al Parione, facing the banks of the Arno in Florence.




Contents






  • 1 Galleria Corsini


  • 2 Partial list of collection


  • 3 Sources


  • 4 External links





Galleria Corsini




View of Rome from the Gianicolo, di Giuseppe Vasi (al centro il palazzo Corsini)


The Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica di Palazzo Corsini or National Gallery of Antique Art in the Corsini Palace is a prominent art museum comprising the first floor of the palace. The national Arte Antica collections (typically post-year 1000 A.D.) in Rome consist of a number of sites, including Palazzo Barberini, Galleria Borghese, and the Palazzo Corsini.


The majority of the major works in the Corsini Gallery collection were donated by the Corsini family, and initially were gathered by the avid 17th century collector, the cardinal Neri Maria Corsini, and added to by other members and from collections of Pope Clement XII and his nephew. In 1883, this palace and its contents were sold to the state, and the collection is displayed in its original location. The collection encompasses the breadth of mainly Italian art from early-Renaissance to late-18th century. It has both religious and historical works, as well as landscapes and genre paintings.



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Label
Painter
Span
Work
Date
Link
1

Beato Angelico


Pentecost, Ascension, and Last Judgement


[1]
2

Cavalier d'Arpino
1560–1640

Resurrection of Lazarus


3

Jacopo Bassano
1515–1592

Adoration of the shepherds


[2]
4

Marco Benefial
1684–1786

Vision of Santa Catherine of Genoa


5

Annibale Carracci
1560–1609

St. Francis


6

Caravaggio


St. John the Baptist
c. 1600

[3]
7

Marten van Cleef


Rural festivity


8

Donato Creti
1671–1749

Adoration by the Magi


9

Donato Creti
1671–1749

Vision of Jacob


10

Cristoph van Der Lamen


The rescue


11

Anthony van Dyck
1599–1641

Madonna della Paglia


[4]
12

Marcantonio Franceschini
1648–1729

Ascension of the Magdalen


13

Francesco Francia
1450–1517

St. George and the dragon


14

Orazio Gentileschi
1563–1646

Madonna and child


[5]
15

Luca Giordano
1634–1705

Christ before the doctors


16

Luca Giordano
1634–1705

Entry of Christ to Jerusalem


17

Guercino
1591–1666

Apollo and Marysas


18

Hans Hoffmann


The Leper


19

Angelica Kauffman


Portrait


20

Giovanni Lanfranco


St. Peter and St. Agatha


21

Giovanni Lanfranco
1582–1647

Ascension of the Magdalen


22

Giovanni Lanfranco
1582–1647

Tamar and Judith


23
Master del Solomon's Judgement


Denial by Peter


24

Carlo Maratta
1625–1713

Madonna with the Bambino


25

Carlo Maratta
1625–1713

Young St John the Baptist & Angels


26

Carlo Maratta
1625–1713

Trinity


27

Carlo Maratta
1625–1713

Martyrdom of St. Andrew


28

Carlo Maratta
1625–1713

Rebecca at the well


29

Carlo Maratta
1625–1713

Flight to Egypt


30

Agostino Masucci
1690–1768



31

Pier Francesco Mola
1612–1666

Homer


32

Bartolomeo Esteban Murillo


Madonna with the Bambino


[6]
33

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta
1682–1754

Judith


34

Nicolas Poussin


Triumph of Ovid


35

Mattia Preti
1613–1699

Tribute of gold


36

Mattia Preti
1613–1699

San Bartolomeo


37

Guido Reni
1575–1642

Portrait of Beatrice Cenci


38

Guido Reni
1575–1642

Magdalen


39

Guido Reni
1575–1642

Ecce Homo


40

Guido Reni
1575–1642

Salomè with head of the Baptist, St. Joseph and Christ crowned with thorns


41

Guido Reni
1575–1642

Herod


42

Guido Reni
1575–1642

St. Joseph


43

Jusepe de Ribera


Venus and dead Adonis


[7]
44

Giovan Francesco Romanelli
1610–1662

Adoration by the Magi


45

Giovan Francesco Romanelli
1610–1662

Adoration by the Shepherds


46

Theodor Rombouts
1597–1637

Concert


47

Salvator Rosa
1615–1673



48

Peter Paul Rubens
1577–1640

St. Sebastian healed by angels


[8]
49

Giovanni Battista Salvi (Sassoferrato)
1605–1685



50

Andrea del Sarto
1486–1531

Madonna with the Bambino


51

Bartolomeo Schedoni
1578–1615



52

Johann Heinrich Schonfeld
1609–1683



53

Gerard Seghers
1591–1651



54

Massimo Stanzione
1585–1656



55

Nicolas Tournier
1590–1657



56

Francesco Trevisani


Martyrdom of St. Lawrence


57

Francesco Trevisani


Martyrdom of St. Lucy


58

Francesco Trevisani


The Virgin grieving


59

Francesco Trevisani


Magdalen


60

Lucas Van Uder
1595–1672




61

Gaspar Van Wittel
1595–1672



62

Simon Vouet


Herod


63

Philips Wouwerman
1619–1668






Sources





  • Palazzo Corsini


  • Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, hosted in the Palazzo Corsini and neighboring Villa Farnesina.

  • Romecity entry


Coordinates: 41°53′36″N 12°28′00″E / 41.893329°N 12.466586°E / 41.893329; 12.466586



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