Galleria del Cembalo – Palazzo Borghese

Artist/Designer: Carlo Maderno, Ermenegildo Costantini

Project Location: Rome, Italy

Figure 1: Monochrome panels depicting scenes from the Trojan War, 1774. Palazzo Borghese, Rome, Italy. ( Source | Accessed : April 2, 2017 | Photographer: Massimo Siragusa )

Figure 2: Il Trionfo dei Borghese e delle Arti, Ermenegildo Costantini, 1773-74. ( Source | Accessed : April 2, 2017 | Photographer: Massimo Siragusa )

Figure 3: Il Trionfo dei Borghese e delle Arti, Ermenegildo Costantini, 1773-74. Palazzo Borghese, Rome, Italy. ( Source | Accessed : April 2, 2017 )

Figure 4: Galleria del Cembalo (left of Garden), Perspective view and floor plan of the Palazzo Borghese, Maderno. Rome, Italy. ( Source | Accessed : October 10, 2016 )

Style/Period(s):
Rococo

Primary Material(s):
Glass, Plaster, Wood

Function(s):
Exhibition, Residential Structure

Related Website(s):

http://www.galleriadelcembalo.it/eng/gallery/ | Accessed : April 2, 2017

Significant Date(s):
18th Century, 1767, 1775

Additional Information:
Batorska, Danuta. 1998. "Designs for the Galleria in Palazzo Borghese in Rome: New Proposals". Paragone. Arte. Arte. 4819971998: 26-45.

Hibbard, Howard. The Architecture of the Palazzo Borghese. Rome: American Academy in Rome, 1962.

Hibbard, Howard. "Palazzo Borghese Studies - II: The Galleria." The Burlington Magazine 104, no. 706 (1962): 9-20.

Mattioli, Renzo. Palazzo Borghese. Firenze: Tipografia nazionale, 1969.

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