The Palazzo Brignole Sale or Palazzo Rosso is a

house museum A historic house museum is a house of historic significance that has been transformed into a museum. Historic furnishings may be displayed in a way that reflects their original placement and usage in a home. Historic house museums are held to a v ...

located in Via Garibaldi, in the historical center of

Genoa Genoa ( ; it, Genova ; lij, Zêna ). is the capital of the Italian region of Liguria and the sixth-largest city in Italy. In 2015, 594,733 people lived within the city's administrative limits. As of the 2011 Italian census, the Province of ...

, in Northwestern

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. The palace is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Genoa: Le Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli. The rich art collection inside, along with the galleries of

Palazzo Bianco Palazzo Bianco ( en, White Palace) is one of the main buildings of the center of Genoa, Italy. It is situated at 11, via Garibaldi (known at one time as ''Strada Nuova'', and before that, ''Via Aurea''). It contains the Gallery of the White Pala ...

and

Palazzo Doria Tursi The palazzo Doria-Tursi or palazzo Niccolò Grimaldi is a building on Via Giuseppe Garibaldi in the historic town centre of Genoa. With Palazzo Rosso and Palazzo Bianco it houses the Strada Nuova Museums and on 13 July 2006 all three palaces and ...

, is part of the

Musei di Strada Nuova The Musei di Strada Nuova in the Italian city of Genoa comprise three museums which together form a single complex, housed in the Palazzo Rosso, the Palazzo Bianco and the Palazzo Tursi, all of which are located along the Via Garibaldi (formerl ...

and consists of the works of artists of the caliber of

Antoon van Dyck Sir Anthony van Dyck (, many variant spellings; 22 March 1599 – 9 December 1641) was a Brabantian Flemish Baroque artist who became the leading court painter in England after success in the Southern Netherlands and Italy. The seventh c ...

Guido Reni Guido Reni (; 4 November 1575 – 18 August 1642) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, although his works showed a classical manner, similar to Simon Vouet, Nicolas Poussin, and Philippe de Champaigne. He painted primarily religi ...

Paolo Veronese Paolo Caliari (152819 April 1588), known as Paolo Veronese ( , also , ), was an Italian Renaissance painter based in Venice, known for extremely large history paintings of religion and mythology, such as '' The Wedding at Cana'' (1563) and ''T ...

, Guercino, Gregorio De Ferrari,

Albrecht Dürer Albrecht Dürer (; ; hu, Ajtósi Adalbert; 21 May 1471 – 6 April 1528),Müller, Peter O. (1993) ''Substantiv-Derivation in Den Schriften Albrecht Dürers'', Walter de Gruyter. . sometimes spelled in English as Durer (without an umlaut) or Due ...

Bernardo Strozzi Bernardo Strozzi, named il Cappuccino and il Prete Genovese (c. 1581 – 2 August 1644) was an Italian Baroque painter and engraver. A canvas and fresco artist, his wide subject range included history, allegorical, genre and portrait paintin ...

and Mattia Preti.

History

Built in 1675, Palazzo Rosso was not one of the 163

Palazzi dei Rolli Genoa: Le Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli is a UNESCO World Heritage Site which includes a number of streets and palaces in the center of Genoa, in Northwestern Italy. * The ''Strade Nuove'' (Italian language, Italian for "Ne ...

of Genoa, the selected private residences where the notable guests of the Republic of Genoa were hosted during State visits, as the last of such list was completed in 1664, ten years before the construction of the palace. As a distinguished 17th-century palace in ''Strada Nuova'', however, on 13 luglio del 2006 it was included in the list of 42 palaces which now form the UNESCO World Heritage Site Genoa: Le Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli. In 1874, the last descendant of the family, the Duchess of Galliera Maria Brignole Sale, bequeathed to the Municipality of Genoa the palace and the art collections therein, which constitute the first nucleus of today's art gallery. After 3 years of renovation, the Palazzo reopened in June 2022.

The Art Collections

The art collection includes'': Guercino: * '' The Dying Cleopatra'' * ''

The Suicide of Cato ''The Suicide of Cato'' is a 1641 oil on canvas painting, now in the Palazzo Rosso in Genoa. P. Bagni, D. De Grazia, D. Mahon, F. Gozzi and A. Emiliani, ''Giovanni Francesco Barbieri Il Guercino 1591-1666'', a cura di Denis Mahon, Bologna, Nuova ...

'' * ''Madonna and Child with the Infant John the Baptist, Saint John the Evangelist and Saint Bartholomew'' Veronese: * ''Judith and Holofernes'' Gregorio De Ferrari: * Frescoes of ''Spring'' and ''Summer'' Antoon van Dyck: * ''Portrait of Paolina Adorno-Brignole-Sale'' * ''

Equestrian Portrait of Anton Giulio Brignole-Sale The word equestrian is a reference to equestrianism, or horseback riding, derived from Latin ' and ', "horse". Horseback riding (or Riding in British English) Examples of this are: *Equestrian sports *Equestrian order, one of the upper classes in ...

'' * ''Christ Bearing His Cross'' * ''Portrait of Filippo Spinola di Tassarolo'' * ''Portrait of the goldsmith Pucci with his son'' * ''Christ Driving out the Money-Lenders'' * ''Portrait of Geronima Sale Brignole with her daughter Aurelia'' Albrecht Dürer: * ''

Portrait of a Young Venetian A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expressions are predominant. The intent is to display the likeness, personality, and even the mood of the person. For this re ...

'', 1506 Palma il Vecchio: * '' Madonna and Child with Saint John the Baptist and Saint Mary Magdalene'', circa 1520-1522 Guido Reni: * ''Saint Sebastian'' Bernardo Strozzi: * ''The Cook'' * ''Madonna and Child with the Infant John the Baptist'' * ''Boy Blowing on a Taper'' Ludovico Carracci: * ''Annunciation'' Giovanni Battista Chiappe: * ''Portrait of Doge Rodolfo Maria Brignole Sale''

Grechetto Grechetto () or Grechetto bianco is a white Italian wine grape variety of Greek origins. The grape is planted throughout central Italy, particularly in the Umbria region where it is used in the ''Denominazione di origine controllata'' (DOC) win ...

: * ''The Journey of Abraham's Family'' * ''Nativity'' * ''The Sheep Escaping''

References

Bibliography

* Gioconda Pomella (2007), Guida Completa ai Palazzi dei Rolli Genova, Genova, De Ferrari Editore() * Mauro Quercioli (2008), I Palazzi dei Rolli di Genova, Roma, Libreria dello Stato () * Fiorella Caraceni Poleggi (2001), Palazzi Antichi e Moderni di Genova raccolti e disegnati da Pietro Paolo Rubens (1652), Genova, Tormena Editore () * Mario Labò (2003), I palazzi di Genova di P.P. Rubens, Genova, Nuova Editrice Genovese

Gallery

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