The Descent from the Cross by Caravaggio (1573-1610) clearly expresses the painter’s reaction to Mannerist sentimentality. His characters, even in the most religious scenes, are drawn from life. The firmness of his line and the way the light falls further … Continue reading
The Chiaramonti Museum, set up by Pius VII, whose family name was Chiaramonti has generally kept the appearance given to it by Canova in 1807.It contains copies of Greek works, portraits, funerary monuments: one low relief bearing a stone, donkey, … Continue reading
Commissioned Pirro Ligorio to alter the Belvedere Court. To the north (on the Belvedere Palace side) the architect constructed a large semicircular niche before which was erected the pigna, a huge pine cone, which had adorned the fountain in the … Continue reading
The Pinci family, who had a garden here in the 4C, have left their name to this little hill, which is still covered by a garden, one of the pleasantest in Rome. The Pincio was laid out in its present … Continue reading
It 1808 Napoleon was declared king of Italy and his brother Joseph king of Naples, Pius VII, as head of the Papal States, refused to apply an economic blockade or to recognise any king other than Ferdinand IV of Naples. … Continue reading
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