The National Gallary

ABOUT AHE PLACE
National Gallery of Antique Art
Artistic
It is one of the most important and sumptuous buildings of Roman nobility. Planned by Maderno, it was built by Bernini and Borromini.

HISTORY
The National Gallery of Modern Art in Rome was created after the 1881 decree by minister Guido Baccelli and was designed and built by Cesare Bazzani. The Gallery houses the most important Italian collection of paintings and sculptures of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Works by artists belonging to most of the contemporary art movements are represented as well as neo-classicism, romanticism and Tuscan Macchiaoli impressionism.

Establishment of the Gallery
In April 1824 the House of Commons agreed to pay £57,000 for the picture collection of the banker John Julius Angerstein. The 38 pictures were intended to form the core of a new national collection, for the enjoyment and education of all. Until a gallery building was constructed, the pictures were displayed at Angerstein's house in Pall Mall.

SERVICES
Accessible for disabled, Guided tours, Bookshop, Library, Audio guides

Address: via Barberini, Villa Borghese - Barberini, 18
Telephone : 064824184