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Gallery – Villa Borghese, Rome, Italy(1633)*

Artist/Designer: Antonio Asprucci, Flaminio Ponzio, Giovanni Vasanzio

Project Location: Rome, Italy

Figure 1: Gallery, Villa Borghese. Rome, Italy.

David (Sculpture), Bernini, 1623. ( Source | Accessed : October 10, 2016 )
Figure 2: Gallery, Villa Borghese. Antonio Asprucci, 1770s. Rome, Italy.

David (Sculpture), Bernini, 1623. ( Source | Accessed : October 10, 2016 )
Figure 3: Gallery, Villa Borghese. Antonio Asprucci, 1770s. Rome, Italy.

David (Sculpture), Bernini, 1623. ( Source | Accessed : October 10, 2016 | Photographer: Victor Tribunsky )
Figure 4: Gallery, Villa Borghese. Antonio Asprucci, 1770s. Rome, Italy.

David (Sculpture), Bernini, 1623. ( Source | Accessed : October 10, 2016 | Photographer: Victor Tribunsky )
Figure 5: Ceiling Detail, Gallery, Villa Borghese. Antonio Asprucci, 1770s. Rome, Italy. ( Source | Accessed : October 10, 2016 | Photographer: Victor Tribunsky )
Figure 6: Plan, Villa Borghese. Ponzio and Vasanzio. Rome, Italy. ( Source | Accessed : October 10, 2016 )

Style/Period(s):
Neoclassical

Primary Material(s):
Stone, Plaster, Mosaics

Function(s):
Residential Structure, Exhibtions: Art Gallery

Related Website(s):

History of the Villa Borghese | Accessed : January 14, 2021
Official website | Accessed : January 14, 2021

Significant Date(s):
17th Century, 1633

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.

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: Construction began in 1606 and was completed in 1633.



Supporting Staff/ Designers: Master Gardener: Domenico Savini



Tags: History and Interiors, Italy, Rome, Neoclassical, 17th Century, 1633, Stone, Plaster, Mosaics, Exhibitions: Art Gallery, Residential Structure

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