Palazzo Rosso (Genoa)

The Palazzo Brignole Sale or Palazzo Rosso is a house museum located in Via Garibaldi, in the historical center of Genoa, in Northwestern Italy. 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 and Palazzo Doria Tursi, is part of the Musei di Strada Nuova and consists of the works of artists of the caliber of Antoon Van Dyck, Guido Reni, Paolo Veronese, Guercino, Gregorio De Ferrari, Albrecht Dürer, Bernardo Strozzi and Mattia Preti[1].

Palazzo Brignole Sale, known as "Palazzo Rosso"
Facade of Palazzo Brignole Sale, "Palazzo Rosso"
General information
StatusIntact
TypePalace
Architectural styleMannerist
LocationGenoa, Italy
Address5, Via Garibaldi
Coordinates44.4113058°N 8.9321265°E / 44.4113058; 8.9321265
Current tenantsStrada Nuova Museum - Palazzo Rosso
Named forBrignole Sale family
Construction started1675
Part ofGenoa: Le Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli
CriteriaCultural: (ii)(iv)
Reference1211
Inscription2006 (30th session)

History

Built in 1675, Palazzo Rosso was not one of the 163 Palazzi dei Rolli 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[2].

The Art Collections

The art collection includes[3]:

Guercino

  • Cleopatra morente
  • Il suicidio di Catone
  • Madonna col Bambino, San Giovannino e i santi Giovanni Evangelista e Bartolomeo

Veronese

  • Giuditta e Oloferne

Gregorio De Ferrari

  • Affresco della Primavera
  • Affresco dell'Estate

Antoon van Dyck

  • Ritratto di Paolina Adorno-Brignole-Sale
  • Ritratto equestre di Anton Giulio Brignole-Sale
  • Cristo portacroce
  • Ritratto di Filippo Spinola di Tassarolo
  • Ritratto dell'orefice Pucci con il figlio
  • Cristo della moneta
  • Ritratto di Geronima Sale Brignole con la figlia Aurelia

Albrecht Dürer

  • Ritratto di giovane veneziano, 1506

Palma il Vecchio

  • Madonna col Bambino tra i santi Giovanni Battista e Maddalena, 1520-1522 circa

Guido Reni

  • San Sebastiano

Bernardo Strozzi

  • La cuoca
  • Madonna col Bambino e san Giovannino
  • Pifferaio

Ludovico Carracci

  • Annunciazione

Giovanni Battista Chiappe

  • Ritratto del Doge Rodolfo Maria Brignole Sale

Grechetto

  • Il viaggio della famiglia di Abramo
  • Natività
  • Fuga di pecore
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References

  1. AA.VV., Musei di Strada Nuova a Genova, Skira, Milano 2010. ISBN 978-88-572-0433-8
  2. Pomella, Gioconda (2007). Guida Completa ai Palazzi dei Rolli. Genova: De Ferrari. p. 45. ISBN 9788871728155.
  3. http://www.italiaperturisti.it/liguria/provincia-di-genova/genova/776-palazzo-rosso%5B%5D

Bibliography

  • Gioconda Pomella (2007), Guida Completa ai Palazzi dei Rolli Genova, Genova, De Ferrari Editore(ISBN 9788871728155)
  • Mauro Quercioli (2008), I Palazzi dei Rolli di Genova, Roma, Libreria dello Stato (ISBN 9788824011433)
  • Fiorella Caraceni Poleggi (2001), Palazzi Antichi e Moderni di Genova raccolti e disegnati da Pietro Paolo Rubens (1652), Genova, Tormena Editore (ISBN 9788884801302)
  • Mario Labò (2003), I palazzi di Genova di P.P. Rubens, Genova, Nuova Editrice Genovese

See also

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