Room of Emperors – Villa Borghese, Rome, Italy(1779)*

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

Project Location: Rome, Italy

Figure 1: Room of Emperors, Antonio Asprucci. Villa Borghese. Rome, Italy. ( Source | Accessed : October 10, 2016 )

Figure 2: Room of Emperors, Antonio Asprucci. Villa Borghese. Rome, Italy. ( Source | Accessed : October 10, 2016 )

Figure 3: Ceiling, Room of Emperors, Antonio Asprucci. Villa Borghese. Rome, Italy. ( Source | Accessed : October 10, 2016 )

Figure 4: Room of Emperors, Antonio Asprucci. Villa Borghese. Rome, Italy. ( Source | Accessed : October 10, 2016 )

Figure 5: 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):

The History of the Villa | Accessed : October 10, 2016

Official Website - Room of the Emperors | Accessed : January 14, 2021

Significant Date(s):
18th Century, 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.

González-Palacios, Alvar. "The Stanza Di Apollo E Dafne in the Villa Borghese." The Burlington Magazine 137, no. 1109 (1995): 529-49.

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 of the Villa Borghese began in 1606 and was completed in 1633. Additions to the Room of Emperors were made between 1778-1779.

Supporting Staff/ Designers: Mounting and furnishings: Antonio Asprucci

Ceiling Paintings: Domenico de Angelis

Trompe l’oeil: Giovanni Battista Marchetti

"Rape of Proserpina" Gian Lorenzo Bernini

Tags: History and Interiors, Italy, Rome, Neoclassical, 18th Century, 1779, Stone, Plaster, Mosaics, Residential Structure, Exhibitions: Art Gallery

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