Gallery in Palazzo Corsini: hidden from prying eyes in Rome’s Botanical Gardens, located at the foot of the Janiculum Hill.
The Palazzo Corsini is a true jewel of Rome, a treasure of the Eternal City. The year 1895 saw the creation of the Palazzo Corsini Gallery.
The Palazzo Corsini was the site of the first National Gallery of Ancient Art in Italy, with a huge collection of artefacts found during excavations, a collection of ancient sculpture and medieval paintings.
The Gallery is housed in the Palazzo Corsini, designed by architect F. Fuga, and is famous for its fine collection dedicated to both Italian and foreign masters of the 16th and 18th centuries, Among them Gentilleschi, Maratta, Reni, Giordano, Rubens, Van Dyck, including Caravaggio’s “St John the Baptist”.
The Palazzo Riario, later called Palazzo Corsini, appeared at the beginning of the sixteenth century in Rome. The building was built by Cardinal Raffaele Riario della Rovere (1461-1521), the nephew of Pope Sixtus IV. The Palazzo Riario was built between 1511-1518, and after the cardinal’s death it was rented to many of Rome’s most famous personalities for quite some time.
Museum opening hours: 10:00 -19:00
Days off: Monday, 25 December, 1 January.
