Quante statue ci sono a Villa Borghese?
Quante statue ci sono a Villa Borghese?
Il “Deposito delle sculture di Villa Borghese”, è stato inaugurato nel 2015 sotto i locali del Museo Pietro Canonica. Sono circa ottanta le opere esposte e provengono in gran parte dalla collezione della famiglia Borghese.
What is the meaning of Scipione Borghese?
- Scipione Borghese Italian pronunciation: [ʃiˌpjoːne borˈɡeːse] or [borˈɡeːze]; (1 September 1577 – 2 October 1633) was an Italian Cardinal, art collector and patron of the arts. A member of the Borghese family, he was the patron of the painter Caravaggio and the artist Bernini.
What is the history of Villa Borghese?
- Villa Borghese (also called Villa Pinciana) is an English-style public park in the center of Rome full of monuments, gardens, statues and exciting views whose construction began in 1606 by the will of Cardinal Scipione Caffarelli Borghese, nephew of Pope Paul V.
Where did Cardinal Scipione Borghese die?
- Cardinal Scipione Borghese died in Rome in 1633 and is buried in the Borghese chapel in Santa Maria Maggiore.
What did Bernini do for the Borghese family?
- Bernini completed several more sculptures of much greater magnitude than the first two commissioned for the family, for display in Scipione Borghese’s grand villa. The villa itself, designed by architects Flaminio Ponzio and Giovanni Vasanzio, was built mainly to house and display the Cardinal’s extensive art collection.
