Salone – Villa Borghese, Rome, Italy(1779)*

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

Project Location: Rome, Italy

Figure 1: Salone, Villa Borghese. Rome, Italy. ( Source | Accessed : October 10, 2016 )

Figure 2: Gallery, Villa Borghese. Rome, Italy. ( Source | Accessed : October 10, 2016 )

Figure 3: Marcus Furius Camillus Fighting Brennus and his Gauls, while Romulus Entreats Jupiter to Help Rome, fresco, Mariano Rossi, 1775-1779. Villa Borghese, Rome, Italy. ( Source | Accessed : October 10, 2016 )

Figure 4: Salone, Villa Borghese. Rome, Italy. ( Source | Accessed : October 10, 2016 )

Figure 5: Salone, Villa Borghese. Architectural drawings for the Villa Borghese, ca. 1770-ca. 1793. Antonio Asprucci. ( Source | Accessed : October 10, 2016 | Photographer: Getty Research Institute )

Figure 6: Salone (Large Central Room), Plan, Villa Borghese. Ponzio and Vasanzio. Rome, Italy. ( Source | Accessed : October 10, 2016 )

Style/Period(s):
Neoclassical

Primary Material(s):
Stone, Plaster, Paint

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

Related Website(s):

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

Official Website - Mariano Rossi Hall | Accessed : January 14, 2021

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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