Tour of the Galleria Sabauda in Turin.
Savoy Gallery Sabauda is the city’s calling card in terms of fine art. The Savoy Gallery is one of the largest collections in Italy, which for 180 years has collected more than 700 works of art by Italian and foreign artists.
The idea of creating such a collection came to Carlo Alberto and he founded it in 1832. In 1860, Vittorio Emmanuele II donated the Gallery to the Italian State on the eve of the Unification of Italy and named it “Regia Pinacoteca Nazionale”.
And now, in December 2014, the Gallery was given a space worthy of its importance in the Palazzo Reale, or rather in its Manica Nuova wing in the heart of Turin. Reali (Royal Gardens). A four-storey building: in the lower three floors there are works of old paintings by Piedmontese, Italian and European artists. There is also the so-called “primitive art”; collections of Flemish and Netherlandish paintings; works by Italian Renaissance masters. On the last fourth floor you can see works from the Riccardo Gualino collection (Savoy House in Turin).
The Savoy Gallery in Turin is one of the most important public galleries in Italy: it houses more than 700 works (paintings, pictures, statues, altars) by Italian and European artists from the 13th to the 19th century. Since December 2014 it is located in the new wing of the Royal Palace in Turin, and is becoming part of the historical, artistic and ethno-anthropological heritage of Piedmont.
The artistic heritage has grown and expanded more and more over time, thanks to the purchases and donations of such notables as the Marquises Tancredi and Giulia Falletti di Barolo and the Piedmontese industrialist Riccardo Gualino.
The art gallery remained in the Palazzo dell’Accademia until 2012, when some of the works were temporarily placed on the ground floor of the new wing, renovated by the Albini Studio in Milan and sent to the Royal Palace and the Archaeological Museum. The remaining works were placed in storage at Castello di Moncalieri.
The Sabauda Gallery in the 80s and 90s was frequently modified due to the huge number of works on display. Also during these years, many paintings were restored. In 1998, the works began to be moved little by little to new premises located in the new wing of the royal palace.
The Sabaoud Gallery occupies four floors (8000 m2). The works are arranged chronologically, from the Middle Ages to the eighteenth century. The attic has a conference room with a restoration workshop that houses the Riccardo Gualino collection. The ground floor is reserved for temporary exhibitions (twice a year). All works have been catalogued by Italian and foreign specialists.
Open all days except Mondays, 24-25 December, 1 January, 1 May
