Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica

The Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica is an art gallery in Rome. It’s situated on two sites: the Palazzo Corsini and the Palazzo Barberini. The design and construction of the National Gallery of Ancient Art of Barberini Palace was completed by Bernini, Borromoni and Maderno, who were the most important architects of the 17th century.

The Palace Barberini was designed for Pope Urban VIII , which was a member of the Barberini family. It was designed by Italian architect Carlo Maderno. The central salon ceiling of the gallery was designed by Pietro da Cortona.

The collection of the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica offers to the guests masterpieces by such art workers as Giovanni Baglione, Giulio Romano, TintorettoTiziano, Raphael, Hans Holbein, Carlo Saraceni Tiepolo, Caravaggio, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Perugino and Nicolas Poussin. Visitors can get a real pleasure by appreciating at its true value dazzling illusionistic ceiling of the Palazzo Barberini and magnifficent Fra Angelico triptych, paintings by Caravaggio, Van Dyck and Rubens in the Palazzo Corsini.

The collection of the National Gallery of Ancient Art features paintings from the Renaissance through to the period of Baroque. The exterior façade and the interior design testify the huge political and economic power wielded by the papal families.

Location:	National Gallery of Ancient Art of Barberini Palace Via delle Quattro Fontane, 13 00184 ROMA
Hours:	Tuesday to Sunday, from 8.30 a.m. to 7.30 p.m.
Phone:	+39 06 32810