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spada gallery (Galleria Spada)
Palazzo Spada which has been the seat of the
Council of the State and the gallery by
the same name since 1927, is not far from the
Palazzo Farnese, and is located in the small
Piazza Capodiferro.
It
was built in the middle of the sixteenth century by
Bartolomeo Baronino for Cardinal Giacomo
Capodiferro and its facade and courtyard are
adorned with the excellent stuccoes by Giulio
Mazzoni, the building is characteristic of the
sixteenth-century aristocratic palace.
It
was bought by Cardinal Bernardino Spada in
1632, it underwent, according to his wishes,
expansion and renovation work during which the
seventeenth-century wing of the palace and
the famous Perspective Gallery of Borromini
(1652-53) was opened on the left side of the
courtyard; the optical telescope of rare
sophistication, which was able to transform, in
the typical Baroque skill, a space of 8 metres
into a flight of columns which
are apparently 35 metres long, probably had a
moralizing meaning intended to warn the visitor
about the trick on the senses and about the
illusoriness of the ground size.
The
work is evidence of the cardinal's strong scientific
interests while the gallery, which was
located on the piano nobile in rooms which were
expressly created for exhibiting works, gave
substance to the cardinal's artistic preferences.
Other
members of the family added their contributions to
the first nucleus of works, such as: Virginio
and Orazio Spada (the former was the husband
of Maria Varalli who had to bring a dowry of
old and modern works of considerable importance for
the collection), as well as Cardinal
Filippo Spada, Berna rdino's
great-grandson who lived at the beginning of the
eighteenth century.
The gallery was restored to the state in 1951
after patient recuperation work of the material lost
during the Second World War was carried out.
The picture gallery occupies four large
frescoed halls which also include old and modern
fittings, furniture and marble; the
ensemble thus successfully restores the
characteristic appearance of the private
collections of the seventeenth century where
the paintings, arranged on the walls in
successive rows, aspire to outlining, in an
integrated and harmonious way, rooms with a clearly
decorative aspect.
The collection includes important examples of
seventeenth century paintings with works by
Reni, Guercino, Carracci,
Domenichino, Solimena, Preti and
the Artemisia Gentileschi, as well as
important pieces by the Nordic school (Bamboccio
and Valentin), and a valuable Titian.
One
of the most important works is the sketch created by
Baciccia for the fresco in the dome of
the church of Jesus, while two splendid
chandeliers in Murano glass in the third
room and the maps of the world by Dutch
cartographer Guglielmo Bleau stand out among the
items on display.
Information and Addresses
Address Piazza Capodiferro, 13
Visiting Hours Every day from 8.30 am to].30 pm
(the ticket office closes half an hour before the
schedule closing time)
Closed Monday, Dec. 25, Jan. 1
Telephone 06 6832409 - 6874896; Fax 06 6861158
Price € 5,00; concessions € 2,50; free
admittance for those aged under 18 and over 65
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