“Transfiguration”
and “Crucifixion” by Giovanni Lanfranco
(1582/1647)
“Loth and
his daughters” by Giacinto Brandi (1621/91)
“The Guardian Angel” 1656 and “Portrait of a man” by
Pietro Berrettini aka Pietro da Cortona
(1597/1669)
“Portrait
of Maria Maddalena Rospigliosi” and large painting with full figure “St. John
Evangelist” by Carlo Maratta (1625/1713)
“David with the Head of Goliath” about 1625 and “Urban VIII Barberini (1623/44)” about 1632 by Gian Lorenzo Bernini
(1598/1680)
“Bernini's
paintings have tones far removed from those of officialdom: the liveliness of
the gaze of the pontiff and the familiar tone of the portrait reveal the
intimate relationship of confidence between the two great personalities. The
David, inspired by the great sculpture of the Galleria Borghese, is considered
to be a youthful self-portrait of the artist” (Official website of the
Barberini Gallery - www.galleriabarberini.beniculturali.it)
“Pietà ” 1667, “Portrait of Pope Clement IX Rospigliosi
(1667/69)” and “Portrait of Gian Lorenzo Bernini” about 1673 by G.B. Gaulli said Baciccio (1639/1709)
“The three Marys: Blessed Mary Magdalene of Japan,
Mary Magdalene and Mary Magdalene of the Pazzi family” and “St. Francis marrying poverty” by Andrea
Sacchi (1599/1661)
Room
XXVII - Plurality of languages between 1600s and 1700s: Tuscan, Genoese and
Venetian painters
“Allegory of Fortune” about 1665 by Bernardino Mei (1612/76) from Siena
“Allegory
of Fortune” 1664 by Giacinto Gimignani (1606/81)
“It alludes
to the unequal fortune enjoyed by the ignorant, represented by the girl
embraced the donkey, which refers to the culture Hercules, the symbol of
virtue, restrained Envy, his head crowned with serpents” (Official website of
the Barberini Gallery - www.galleriabarberini.beniculturali.it)
“Charity of St. Lawrence” about 1617 by the Genoese Bernardo Strozzi (1581/1644)
“Portrait
of Tommaso Raggi and his son Ferdinando” by the Flemish artist Jan Roos aka Giovanni Rosa (1591/1638)
He moved to
Genoa when he was twenty-three and remained there for the rest of his short
life
“Portrait of Monsignor Ottaviano Prati” about 1650 by G.B. Salvi aka Sassoferrato (1609/85) from the Marche region
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