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Prologue: The Birth of the Borghese Collection
No. |
artist |
title |
date |
technique/medium |
1 |
drawn and engraved by Alessandro Specchi; printed by Domenico De Rossi |
First plan of the façade of the palace of His Excellency Borghese outside the Pinciana Gate |
1699 |
engraving |
2 |
drawn and engraved by Alessandro Specchi; printed by Domenico De Rossi |
Second plan of the façade of the palace of the Villa Borghese outside the Pinciana Gate |
1699 |
engraving |
3 |
printed by Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi |
The palace of the Villa Borghese outside the Pinciana Gate, architecture of Giovanni Vansanzio Flammingo |
17th century |
engraving |
4 |
drawn by Simone Felice Delino; printed by Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi |
Perspective view of the garden of His Excellency Borghese outside the Pinciana Gate |
1683 |
engraving |
5 |
drawn and engraved by Matteo Greuter; printed by Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi |
Villa Borghese |
17th century |
engraving |
6 |
Marcello Provenzale |
Portrait of Pope Paul V (Camillo Borghese) |
1621 |
mosaic |
7 |
Gian Lorenzo Bernini |
Portrait Bust of Cardinal Scipione Borghese |
1632 |
Carrara marble |
8 |
Marcello Provenzale |
Orpheus |
1618 |
mosaic |
I. The Brilliance of the Renaissance in the 15th Century
No. |
artist |
title |
date |
technique/medium |
9 |
Umbrian Master (16th century) |
St. Sebastian |
first half of the 16th century |
oil on panel |
10 |
Sandro Botticelli and assistants |
Virgin and Child with the Infant St. John the Baptist and Angels |
c. 1488 |
tempera on panel |
11 |
Raffaello Sanzio (Raphael) |
Portrait of a Lady with a Unicorn |
c. 1506 |
oil on canvas mounted on panel |
12 |
Ridolfo del Ghirlandaio |
Portrait of a Young Man |
beginning of the 16th century |
oil on panel |
13 |
anonym (active in the 16th–17th centuries), after Giorgione |
Singer with a Flute |
c. 1580 or 17th century |
oil on canvas |
14 |
Marco d’Oggiono |
Salvator Mundi |
c. 1505 |
oil on panel |
15 |
Leonardo da Vinci (copy) |
Leda |
first quarter of the 16th century |
tempera on panel |
II. The Fruits of the Renaissance in the 16th Century—The Efflorescence of Various Styles
No. |
artist |
title |
date |
technique/medium |
16 |
Cariani |
Madonna and Child with St. Peter |
c. 1520–23 |
oil on canvas |
17 |
Giovanni Girolamo Savoldo |
Young Man |
c. 1530 |
oil on canvas |
18 |
Girolamo da Treviso il giovane, attributed |
Sleeping Venus |
c. 1520–23 |
oil on canvas |
19 |
Paris Bordon |
Venus, a Satyr and Cupid |
c. 1555–60 |
oil on canvas |
20 |
Jacopo Bassano |
Spring |
c. 1576 |
oil on canvas |
21 |
Veronese |
St. Anthony’s Sermon to the Fishes |
c. 1580 |
oil on canvas |
22 |
Antonio Palma |
The Prodigal Son |
c. 1560–70 |
oil on canvas |
23 |
Dosso Dossi |
St. Catherine of Alexandria |
c. 1540 |
oil on canvas |
24 |
anonym (active in the first half of the 17th century), follower of Dosso Dossi |
David with the Head of Goliath and a Page |
17th century |
oil on panel |
25 |
Annibale Carracci |
St. Francis |
c. 1585–86 |
oil on canvas |
26 |
Brescianino |
Venus with Two Cupids |
c. 1520–25 |
oil on panel |
27 |
Sebastiano del Piombo |
Christ Carrying the Cross |
c. 1540 |
oil on canvas |
28 |
Scipione Pulzone |
Holy Family with St. John and St. Anne |
c. 1588–90 |
oil on canvas |
29 |
Agostino Carracci |
St. Francis Receiving the Stigmata in the Glory of Angels |
end of the 16th century |
oil on canvas |
30 |
Michele di Ridolfo del Ghirlandaio |
Leda |
c. 1560–70 |
oil on panel |
31 |
Michele di Ridolfo del Ghirlandaio |
Lucretia |
c. 1560–70 |
oil on panel |
32 |
anonym (active in the second half of the 16th century), follower of Garofalo |
Noli me tangere |
late 16th century |
oil on canvas |
33 |
Pellegrino Tibaldi |
Adoration of the Child |
1549 |
oil on canvas |
34 |
Luca Cambiaso |
Venus and Cupid on the Sea |
1560–65 |
oil on canvas |
35 |
Jacopo Zucchi |
Allegory of the Discovery of America |
c. 1585 |
oil on copper panel |
III. Advancement toward the New Style in the 17th Century—The Impulse to Follow Caravaggio
No. |
artist |
title |
date |
technique/medium |
36 |
anonym (active in the 17th century), follower of Caravaggio |
Still Life with Two Lizards |
1602–07 |
oil on canvas |
37 |
Lavinia Fontana |
Sleeping Christ |
1591 |
oil on copper panel |
38 |
Leandro Bassano |
The Trinity |
beginning of the 17th century |
oil on copper panel |
39 |
Cavalier d’Arpino, attributed |
Venus Crowned by Cupid |
before 1607 |
oil on canvas |
40 |
Caravaggio |
St. John the Baptist |
1609–10 |
oil on canvas |
41 |
Giovanni Baglione |
Ecce Homo |
c. 1610 |
oil on canvas |
42 |
Battistello |
David with the Head of Goliath |
1612 |
oil on canvas |
43 |
Giovan Francesco Guerrieri, attributed |
Joseph Interpreting the Prisoners’ Dream |
1615–18 |
oil on canvas |
44 |
Guercino |
The Prodigal Son |
c. 1627–28 |
oil on canvas |
45 |
Jusepe de Ribera |
Mendicant |
c. 1617–20 |
oil on canvas |
46 |
Gherardo delle Notti (Gerrit van Honthorst) |
Susanna and the Elders |
1655 |
oil on canvas |
47 |
Andrea Sacchi |
Portrait of Monsignor Clemente Merlini |
1630–31 |
oil on canvas |
48 |
Giovan Francesco Romanelli |
Sibyl |
1640–50 |
oil on canvas |
Borghese and Japan: Hasekura Tsunenaga and the Keichō Embassy to Europe
No. |
artist |
title |
date |
technique/medium |
special exhibit |
Archita Ricci, formerly attributed to Claude Déruet |
Portrait of Hasekura Tsunenaga |
1615 |
oil on canvas |
The Portrait of Hasekura Tsunenaga is part of a private collection in Rome. All other works are from the collection of the Galleria Borghese.
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