The Palazzo Chigi of Ariccia was the ducal palace of the Chigi family located in the center of the town of

Ariccia Ariccia (Latin: ''Aricia'') is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Rome, Central Italy, southeast of Rome. It is in the Alban Hills of the Lazio (Latium) region and could be considered an extension of Rome's southeastern suburbs. One ...

, near

Rome Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio Regions of Italy, region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special named with 2, ...

, Italy. Originally a 15th-century palace of the Savelli family stood at the site, it was rebuilt during 1664 to 1672, in a

Baroque The Baroque ( , , ) is a Western Style (visual arts), style of Baroque architecture, architecture, Baroque music, music, Baroque dance, dance, Baroque painting, painting, Baroque sculpture, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished from ...

style by the

Chigi Family The House of Chigi () is an Italian princely family of Sienese origin descended from the counts of Ardenghesca, which possessed castles in the Maremma, southern Tuscany. Later, the family settled in Rome. The earliest authentic mention of them ...

. The work was a collaboration between

Gian Lorenzo Bernini Gian Lorenzo (or Gianlorenzo) Bernini (, ; ; Italian Giovanni Lorenzo; 7 December 1598 – 28 November 1680) was an Italians, Italian sculptor and Italian architect, architect. While a major figure in the world of architecture, he was more prom ...

and his pupil

Carlo Fontana Carlo Fontana (1634/1638–1714) was an Italian people, Italian"Carlo Fontana."
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. The sober exterior does not reflect the highly decorated interiors. The palace and Parco Chigi were ceded to the Commune in 1988 by the prince Agostino Chigi Albani della Rovere, and now served as a host of exhibitions and events. It hosts the ''Museo del Barocco Romano'' encompassed by some of the remaining Chigi family collections. These include the following paintings: *''Four Seasons'' by Mario de’ Fiori in collaboration with

Carlo Maratti Carlo Maratta or Maratti (18 May 162515 December 1713) was an Italian Baroque painter and draughtsman, active principallly in Rome where he was the leading painter in the second half of the 17th century. He was a fresco and canvas painter who pa ...

Bernardino Mei The Italian painter and engraver Bernardino Mei (1612/15 – 1676) worked in a Baroque manner in his native Siena and in Rome, finding patronage above all in the Chigi family. Briefly a pupil of the Sienese cartographer and draughtsman Giuli ...

Giacinto Brandi Giacinto Brandi (1621 – 19 January 1691) was an Italian painter from the Baroque era, active mainly in Rome and Naples. left, 250px, ''Christ in Gesthemane'', Pinacoteca Vaticana left, 250px, Dome of the church of San Carlo al Corso B ...

Giovanni Maria Morandi Giovanni Maria Morandi (30 April 1622 – 18 February 1717) was an Italian Baroque painter, known for altarpieces and portraits. Biography He was born in Florence. He studied art with Orazio Fidani and Giovanni Bilivert. Very few works dat ...

, and

Filippo Lauri Filippo Lauri (25 August 1623 - 12 December 1694) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. ''Miracle of St. Vincent Ferrer'' Biography Born and active in Rome, his story was featured in biographies by Baldinucci. He first studied with h ...

*''Allegory of the Senses'' by

Pier Francesco Mola Pier Francesco Mola, called Il Ticinese (9 February 1612 – 13 May 1666) was an Italian painter of the High Baroque, mainly active around Rome. Biography Mola was born in Coldrerio (now in Ticino, Switzerland).''Ecstasy in the Wilderness: Pier ...

*''Preparatory sketches (cartoons) for mosaics of the cupola of St Peter's Basilica'' by

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*''I “feudi Chigi con cani levrieri'' by Michelangelo Pace also called “il Campidoglio” *''Finti arazzi'' commissioned by

Cardinal Ottoboni Pietro Ottoboni (2 July 1667 – 28 February 1740) was an Italian cardinal and grandnephew of Pope Alexander VIII, who was also born Pietro Ottoboni. He is remembered especially as a great patron of music and art. Ottoboni was the last person to ...

from Domenico Paradisi, Michelangelo Ricciolini and Francesco Borgognone for the

Palazzo della Cancelleria The Palazzo della Cancelleria (Palace of the Chancellery, referring to the former Apostolic Chancery of the Pope) is a Renaissance palace in Rome, Italy, situated between the present Corso Vittorio Emanuele II and the Campo de' Fiori, in the rion ...

*''Finti arazzi con giochi di putti'' by Giovanni Battista Magni “il Modanino”; *Landscapes by Jos de Momper, Tempestino, and Egidio de Monte *''Pindar and Pan'' by

Salvator Rosa Salvator Rosa (1615 – March 15, 1673) is best known today as an Italian Baroque painter, whose romanticized landscapes and history paintings, often set in dark and untamed nature, exerted considerable influence from the 17th century into the ...

*''Blessed Giovanni Chigi in penitence'' by

Giovanni Battista Gaulli Giovanni Battista Gaulli (8 May 1639 – 2 April 1709), also known as Baciccio or Baciccia (Genoese nicknames for ''Giovanni Battista''), was an Italian Baroque painter working in the High Baroque and early Rococo periods. He is best known for h ...

called "Il Baciccio" *''Marine landscape with St Augustine'' by Jos de Momper and Alessandro Mattia da Farnese. *''Portrait of

Pope Clement IX Pope Clement IX (; ; 28 January 1600 – 9 December 1669), born Giulio Rospigliosi, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 20 June 1667 to his death in December 1669. Giulio Rospigliosi was born into the noble Ro ...

and Cardinal Sigismondo Chigi'' by Il Baciccio *''Portrait of Cardinal Flavio Chigi'' by

Jacob Ferdinand Voet Jacob Ferdinand Voet or Jakob Ferdinand Voet ( 163926 September 1689) was a Flemish portrait painter.Jacob Ferdinand V ...

*''Portrait of Sister Maria Lutugarda'' by JF Voet *''Portrait of Sister Flavia Virginia'' by JF Voet *''Portrait of Agostino Chigi'' by JF Voet *''Portrait of Maria Virginia Borghese'' by JF Voet *''Serie delle Belle'' by Anna Caffarelli Minutoli *''Portrait of Maria Virginia Borghese'' by

*''Portrait of Mario Chigi'' by GM Morandi *''Portrait of venerable Aurelio Chigi'' by

Francesco Vanni Francesco Vanni (1563 – 26 October 1610) was an Italian painter, draughtsman, printmaker, publisher and printer active in Rome and his native city of Siena.

*''Portrait of Cardinal

Fabio Chigi Pope Alexander VII (; 13 February 159922 May 1667), born Fabio Chigi, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 7 April 1655 to his death, in May 1667. He began his career as a vice-papal legate, and he held various di ...

'' by Carlo Cesi *''Portrait of Suor Berenice'' by

Francesco Trevisani 200px, ''Portrait of Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni ''by Francesco Trevisani. The Barnard_Castle.html" ;"title="Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle">Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, County Durham, England. Francesco Trevisani (April 9, 1656 – July 30, 1746 ...

*Works by Loreti, Guttembrun, Masucci, and Kobler The park contains Roman

spolia ''Spolia'' (Latin for 'spoils'; : ''spolium'') are stones taken from an old structure and repurposed for new construction or decorative purposes. It is the result of an ancient and widespread practice (spoliation) whereby stone that has been quar ...

and the remains of buildings used as part of a hunting preserve.Palazzo Chigi
official site.

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