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    Galleria Doria Pamphilj

    4.6 (17 reviews)
    PriceyArt Galleries
    Closed 9:00 am - 7:00 pm

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    Grand hallway
    Matt L.

    I'm torn on this one. This gallery is fine, but for 14 euros, it just does not compete with other galleries in Rome. I've been in much, much better galleries for 8-10 euros. Here, the museum is really a mansion with the aristocratic family's art collection. It's a good collection and the mansion is fun to walk around. But a lot of the rooms are just hung floor to ceiling with paintings, some of them not very good, with no explanatory notes except for one Velasquez and a few Caravaggios. Lower price + better story + minimized displays = how I would redesign this place

    Quiet Entrance to Galleria Doria Pamphilj in Palazzo Doria Pamphilj
    Michael S.

    Opulent, historic, and relatively unknown (almost hidden) Galleria Doria Pamphilj is a tranquil, yet lavish palace filled with the largest private art collection in Rome. This review started pre-covid; however, the spectacular and visit-worthy status of the remarkable art collection and sensational palace (including its brilliant hall of mirrors, immaculate chapel, and stunning salons) remains true. When Rome reopens (again), I strongly recommend all visitors and locals discover (or re-discover) Doria Pamphilj. Started in 1644 by Pope Innocent X Pamphilj, the collection of over 400 paintings and statues from the 15th-18th century includes legends Raphael, Caravaggio, Tiziano Vecellio (aka Titian), and Bernini. The gallery took on its current appearance between 1731-1734 thanks to Prince Camillo Pamphilj. The art is still arranged wall-to-wall according to exact specifications from 1767. The art, decor, and stillness of the near-empty galleries emanates an atmosphere of royal Italian elitism from the late 1700s that still inspires and intimidates today. * Open: 9:00am - 7:00pm * Adults: €12 * Students/seniors: €8 * Private apartments: extra €2 Palazzo Doria Pamphilj is likely more convenient than you think ... just steps from popular Piazza Venezia by Trajan's Forum at the foot of Capitoline Hill.

    Velvet Room
    Maggi R.

    This Palazzo has been on our bucket list for many years. This time, we actually made time to visit, and we were glad that we did. The palace was stunning. It is a private mansion right in the heart of Rome on the Via del Corso near the Piazza Venezia. When you look at it from the exterior, you realize how large it really is - it takes up a whole city block; and, the family still resides in the palace. We did make a mistake the day we were there - we did not realize that the ticket we bought covered both the museum and the apartments, and the apartments are only shown at specific times (which were not open that day). So, they said that we could come back another day to view the apartments, which we did. We were able to walk thru at our own pace. They do have free audio guides in various languages, and there is an elevator if you do not want to take the stairs. There are four wings in the palace with a central courtyard. You will be stunned upon entering the first room - the Velvet Room with its rich reds and gold and covered with paintings from floor to ceiling. The palace has extremely valuable works of art by some of the great masters: Raphael, Tiziano, Caravaggio, Brueghel the Elder, Velazquez and Bernini. The Gallery of Mirrors will take your breath away. It was modeled after the namesake room in Versailles. The mirrors were imported from France and when the light comes through the windows from the outside, you really appreciate it. The chapel is also worth a good look. It was designed in the late seventeenth century by Carlo Fontana. The chapel contains some interesting relics: the completely preserved body of St. Theodora and, supposedly, relics of one the soldiers who guarded Jesus during his crucifixion. The last room we entered was really interesting. It was called the Aldobrandini room - sort of an off room - that looks like a massive warehouse. It seems that years ago, there had been a massive blizzard that crushed the roof of the room. The walls were then concreted and remain so. It's unpainted and quite plain compared to the rest of the palace. This room is filled with a mishmash of paintings and garden statues. Make sure you do not miss the two Caravaggio's - one is "Magdalene" and the other," Rest on the Flight into Egypt." We did go back to see the apartments. They certainly were opulent with beautiful paintings, chandeliers, sculptures and magnificent ceiling decorations. Each room was stunning! The Throne Room is named for the throne which, following an old Roman tradition faces the wall when there is no papal visit. We were able to see the rooms that are currently being used by the family. We found interesting that the Cardinal/Pope had a stipulation in his original will that none of the artwork could ever be sold. They all had to remain in the family, which must create a hardship today for the family. We can only imagine what the upkeep costs must be.

    Hall of Mirrors.
    Hilda A.

    So much to see. The Velazquez painting is amazing. There are also several Caravaggio paintings. Make time to visit.

    This was an incredible gallery on via del corse in the heart of Rome. Simply spectacular pieces and sculpture with an interesting history of the family who amassed these pieces, of which my favorite was Diego Velazquez's portrait of pope innocent x which was unsettlingly real in person. Some Jan brueghel the elder's and Caravaggio's in there too, just wish I had more time there

    Alex M.

    Wow. What a place. We went in the afternoon to visit the collection because we had a Baroque music concert and we were blown away by the collection. It's just astounding. Breughel, Caravaggio, many Italian great artists, Roman sculpture, a Fra Lippo Lippi- and so much more. I'm posting pictures. Not only are the artworks great, but the free audio guide by the son of the family is superb. Also, they have a great tea room And their concerts are wonderful. Really, this place is terrific. If you like my pictures, move this place to the top of your list.

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    What an awesome view into the extravagant wealth of these families. We enjoyed exploring the palace!

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    Marvellous Caravaggios and a fantastic example of a VERy grand Roman town-house still lived in by the family.

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    Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna - Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna

    Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna

    4.5(27 reviews)
    2.2 kmParioli
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    Absolutely phenomenal museum…read more One not to be missed. And with 5% of the tourists of Rome's other museums, and no wait to get in line. There is no downside. * * * GNAM is the nineteenth and twentieth century art museum of Rome. If you want stuff that was painted yesterday, there are galleries of 21st century art around town. Enjoy at your peril. Everything in GNAM that was painted or sculpted before 1960 is an absolute masterpiece. And there is a lot of lively stuff in the newer material too. It is easy to forget in a city with all of the Roman antiquities, all of the medieval treasures and Rome's fantastic legacy of Renaissance and Baroque art, That Italy was just as talented in the 19th and 20th centuries as it was in the previous periods. Our "standard" art histories moves European Art history of the 1800s and 1900s to France. Italy could go toe to toe with France on every artistic movement that occurred after Napoleon and this includes Romanticism, Impressionism and Modernism. There are paintings in GNAM that fully anticipate every formal innovation of impressionism. They were painted in the 1860s and 1870's. Monet and Renoir would be "inventing" impressionism thirty years later. The nineteenth century working class realism paintings of Courbet are blown away with the soulful depictions of working class life that were painted in Italy ... and yes twenty years before Courbet. There are night landscape paintings here that are darker and more intense than anything you could see in the Louvre. There is portraiture to die for - including my favorite "beautiful woman" painting of all time. * * * GNAM is huge, and excellent throughout. But there is one utterly amazing room that can fill your whole stay. If you go straight from the front door through a "seating gallery", you walk into an enormous room that is literally the size of a football field. The ceilings are sixty feet high. This is the primary room of the nineteenth century Romantic Era collection. Every single square millimeter of wall space is hung with paintings. You are looking at five or six paintings one on top of each other going up the wall all the way up sixty feet high and this being repeated every three yards for the entire room, all four walls. There are easily over 200 large paintings in this room - maybe closer to 300. There is not a loser or a boring painting anywhere in the room. And - to give a sense of the remarkable level of activity that Italy enjoyed in the Romantic Era, no artist is represented by more than two paintings. Most artists only have one selection. Thus you are looking at a room that is displaying between 100 and 150 different nineteenth century Italian artists - with each selection being one of the best paintings that artist ever created. The spectacle is mind-boggling. Close examination makes each painting better and better and better. There are all sorts of compositional subtleties, painterly tricks and psychological/philosophical subtexts in the works that only become apparent in a long viewing. Well over 80% of my visit to GNAM was spent in that one room. And even at that - I only saw about 1/5 of the paintings that are there. * * * This is a museum that will change your opinion about much of what you understand about art. Plan to come here. Plan to spend a lot of time here. This is one of the great collections of the world.

    In a city full of Renaissance art, it was awesome to have a break of that to be able to enjoy some…read moremodern art and contemporary art. The National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary has all that and more. It's a large museum and there is enough here for a half day of appreciation. I'm generally not a huge fan of "contemporary" art as it is usually political and many times, the message from the artist goes over my head. That was the case for a couple of the exhibits here. And then I found the "modern" art. Paintings by Gustave Courbet, Cy Twombly, and my very favorite, Piet Mondrian. Portraits by Giovanni Boldini. Sculpture by Ercole Dante. I got well and truly lost in the museum and before I knew it, it was time to go. Wonderful time. [Review 19190 overall - 345 in Italy - 160 of 2023.]

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    Galleria Colonna

    4.8(6 reviews)
    0.3 kmCentro Storico

    Very cool. Plenty of art and amazing rooms. Our English-speaking guide was very knowledgeable and…read morefriendly. It was amazing to stand right where Hepburn stood in "Roman Holiday" last scene.

    This place is amazing- but the timing is weird. They're open on Saturday- and in December, when we…read morewere there, for just a few hours. I actually got to the gift shop before the museum closed, but they were counting the money and would not sell me the book I wanted- so shop first, maybe, just in case. The interior is stunning- and DO get a guide. Ours was Massimo and he was excellent. His English was superb, and he was one of the best guides we had in Rome. The collection is eclectic and outstanding- as is the architecture. As you walk through this place you can't help thinking- it must be great to be this rich. The family still live in another wing, or adjoining building. We did not see the gardens- and it turns out we would not have had time, but we did see the collection and the Prince's Apartments. There's an Egyptian temple in the garden- so it sounds like that would be worth seeing. It wasn't cheap- for the two of us it was 50 euro, 25 each, but it was worth it- and the family has certainly done wonderful restoration work. Kudos to them for amassing these works and keeping them safe for generations to enjoy. Do make sure you note all the gorgeous crystal and Venetian glass chandeliers! They are so beautiful. And the works of art are too numerous to list here- but the Bruegels were a favorite of mine as were the fabulous cabinets- one of hardstones and one of ebony and ivory- and OMG, the entrance hall. Way to stun your guests- which was the intention. The Bean Eater is one of my favorite paintings, as well as the angels in one room- which I think the guide said were of the Raphaelite school. But there are so many wonderful paintings here- many brought in a marriage bargain! And you will love the stories. I have great sympathy for the woman who loved the court of Louis XIV, but had to come to Rome for a marriage, had 3 children, and then ran off trying to get back to France. I guess she was confined twice in a nunnery (escaped the first time.) You'll see her statue. And you'll also see modern pictures of the family- which is quite nice. This was a highlight of our trip- and so unexpected! Pay the money and see it- truly, it is worth it. It's simply astounding what hundreds of years of money can buy!

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