Artist/Designer: Mariano Rossi, Antonio Asprucci, Flaminio Ponzio, Giovanni Vasanzio
Project Location: Rome, Italy
Style/Period(s):
Neoclassical
Primary Material(s):
Stone, Plaster, Paint
Function(s):
Residential Structure, Exhibtions: Art Gallery
Related Website(s):
Significant Date(s):
18th Century, 1770-1779, 1775, 1779
Additional Information:
Publications/Texts in Print:
Ehrlich, Tracy L. Landscape and Identity in Early Modern Rome: Villa Culture at Frascati in the Borghese Era. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 2002.
Moreno, Paolo, and Chiara Stefani. The Borghese Gallery. Milano: Touring Club Italiano, 2000.
Paul, Carole. "Mariano Rossi's Camillus Fresco in the Borghese Gallery." The Art Bulletin 74, no. 2 (1992): 297-326.
Pergola, Paola della. Villa Borghese. [Roma]: Istituto poligrafico dello Stato, Libreria dello Stato, 1962.
Semes, Steven W. The Architecture of the Classical Interior. New York: W.W. Norton, 2004.
Building Address: Piazzale Scipione Borghese 5, 00197 Rome, Italy
Significant Dates: Galleria Borghese was built between 1606 and 1633. Mariano Rossi painted the ceiling between 1775-1779 during a renovation directed by architect Antonio Asprucci.
Supporting Staff/ Designers: Wall stucco: Vincenzo Pacetti, Massimiliano Laboureur, Tommaso Righi
Tags: History and Interiors, Italy, Rome, Neoclassical, 18th Century, 1770-1779, 1775, 1779, Stone, Plaster, Paint, Residential Structure, Exhibition: Art Gallery
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