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The first
nucleus of the works of the Museo Napoleonico
originated from the generous bequest of count Giuseppe
Primoli (18511927).
He had
decided that upon his death, his collection of Napoleonic
curios and the ground floor of his palace,
where they were to be displayed, would be donated to
the City of Rome.
He was
a descendant of the Bonaparte family on his mother's
side.
He lived
in France from 1853 to 1870, after he graduated from
law school, the count expanded his cultural knowledge
in the intellectual parlous of his aunt Matilde Bonaparte
and Giulia di Roccagiovine, where he came into contact
with literary men and artists such as Mallarme, Flaubert
and Maupassant; in this Parisian milieu he developed
a taste for sophisticated literary essays and,
for all his life, cherished a his memories of the years
he had spent in Paris, Once he returned to Rome,
the count felt the need to come into contact
with prominent figures from the Italian cultural
scene by becoming acquainted with D'Annunzio, Boito,
Giocosa and Matilde Serao.
Throughout
his life, the count always maintained a strong tie with
the Bonaparte family and, at first, he had decided
to write of its secret history, by gathering a considerable
amount of documents both from oral tradition and archives;
later, however, he devoted himself to creating the collection
that forms the original nucleus of the museum
and that privileges the private aspects of the family,
leaving its historical and political vicissitudes in
the background.
The
museum tour unwinds through 13 rooms which
document three very distinct historical moments:
the Napoleonic heroic deeds, the so-called "Roman"
period which illustrates the adventures of the family
from the fall of Napoleon to the accession
of Napoleon III and the period of the second
empire (1852-187°).
The
objects collected range from paintings to sculptures,
from furniture to objects of everyday
use, from albums of memoirs to snuffboxes,
from clothes to jewels, from books
to drawings, in an ensemble of considerable appeal,
where every object proves to be interesting both as
evidence of art and a taste of the time, and
as the fragment of an organized family history.
Another purpose of the collection is to document in
detail the relations that bound the Bonaparte family
to the city of Rome where most of the emperor's family
lived, his mother Letizia Ramolino, his sister Paolina,
who married the Prince Camillo Borghese, and his brothers
Luigi, Girolamo and Luciano.
The latter
gave origin to the Roma n branch of the family
whose descendants married the children of noble Roman
families (Gabrielli, Del Gallo, Campello, Ruspoli,
Primoli). Among the numerous portraits of different
members of the family, there are those which represent
Letizia Ramolino in imperial dress, Elisa Bonaparte
with her daughter, Napoleon III and the Empress
Eugenia.
The
furniture of the first room comes from the Napoleonic
residence of St. Cloud, while the numerous
items of court attire are come from the donations made
by noble Roman families.
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Piazza di Ponte Umberto 1,1
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Hours Every day from 9.00 am to 7-00 pm; Dec. 24
and 31 from 9.00 am to 2.00 pm
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Fax 06 68809114; Price € 3,00; concessions € 1,50
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