“His art is
the ultimate expression of the great European rococo, of international
dimension and a triumph of painting skills from which the subsequent
developments of painting, even with the new neoclassical style, would not
prescind” (Lorenza Mochi Onori)
“Portrait of a young smoker” about 1736 by Giacomo Cerruti aka Pitocchetto (1698/1768)
“It's a kind
of representation that is separated from the moral implications of the
pauperism genre and from the human depth of the portrait. (...) It is
interesting to compare this portrait, which has the characteristics of everyday
life pose and clothing, combined with a background city which shows the working
life and everyday life, with the conception of the portrait of courtly parade,
which prevails in Rome and includes archaeological elements to symbolize the
cultural and antiquarian interests of the sitters, in a context that is
intended to be emblematic and away from everyday life” (Lorenza Mochi Onori)
“Allegory of architecture” by the Bolognese Giuseppe Maria Crespi aka the Spanish (1665/1747)
“It features
the image with a contrast between the dark shadow of the background and the
relief given by the diagonal light that strikes the figure” (Lorenza Mochi
Onori)
“Beheading
of St. John the Baptist” by Pierre Louis Cretey (about
1635/about 1702)
“Bacchanal”
by Giulio Carpioni (about 1613/78)
“The
disintegration of the figure in the fast and light touches of the brush suggest
immediacy of execution and design, but the popularity of this kind of
compositions of the painter is documented by the large number of variants that
are known of this theme on which he practiced especially in the years between
1710 and 1720” (Lorenza Mochi Onori)
Beautiful
pastels “Portrait of a Young Woman” and “Portrait of a Young Man” by the great Venetian artist Rosalba Carriera (1675/1757)
“She worked
for the major European courts specializing in the technique of pastel portrait,
in which she showed extraordinary abilities. In Rome she was received in the
Academy of St. Luke in 1705. (...) To the pastel technique that allows subtle
nuances of colors, the artist combines the sensibility of touch which
transfigure delicacy of feeling in the transparency of the material, making
clear the inner feelings of the characters portrayed, a technique that left a
determining imprint in French painting for artists such as Liotard” (Lorenza
Mochi Onori)
“Portrait of a Lady indoors” by Pietro
Longhi (1701/85) and his son Alessandro Longhi (1733/1813)
“These
paintings are part of the painter's rich production of female heads,
reproducing usually a state of mind according to a sentimental typology. These
half-figures 'of expression' were so successful that Catherine II, the Russian
empress, after the painter's death, bought from his widow the entire production
of this kind. Rotari produced about 250 works of this kind during his stay in
Russia between 1756 and 1762 collected by the Russian nobility as well as the
Empress. (...) He keeps a range of soft feelings and passages of mood with
expressions only hinted pathetically” (Lorenza Mochi Onori)
“Portrait of a Man” and “Portrait of the painter Antonio Cifrondi” by Vittore
Ghislandi aka Fra' Galgario (1655/1743)
“If you
compare the portraits of Ghislandi, which also often have an official quality
with the parade portraits of the Roman school, from Maratta to Batoni, the difference
that appears immediately is the most effective and detached description of the
psychological nature of the sitter, even if it affects the officiality of the
image at the expense of feelings and expression. Ghislandi also utilizes the
power of color, which he incorporates from Venetian models, rather than the
magnificence of the details, in order to emphasize the image” (Lorenza Mochi
Onori)
BARBERINI
APARTMENT
East wing of the second floor
Beautifully
decorated in the years 1750/70 in rococo style for Cornelia Costanza Barberini
who married a member of the noble family Sciarra Colonna when she was twelve
The last
descendant of the Barberini lived here until her death in 1960, although the
building was owned by the state since 1947
In
addition, section of decorative arts of the eighteenth century with costumes,
furniture and porcelain
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