Borghese Gallery Tour - Half Day

Be enchanted by the wonders of Cardinal Scipione Borghese's 16th-century princely villa, built to house his extensive collection of antiques, paintings and sculptures. The first floor with its magnificent ceilings houses the collection of statues. Antique masterpieces and the first works of art by Gianlorenzo Bernini, the talented artist discovered by the Cardinal. The first floor, or "piano nobile", is dedicated to paintings. Like a book of art history, you can admire magnificent works from the Renaissance and Baroque periods here. Caravaggio, Raffaello, Tiziano. . . these are just some of the painters you will see here. An incredible collection housed in an amazing setting, so rich that even Napoleon wanted to get his hands on it and did so by marrying his sister to Camillo Borghese, the heir to the family. As an art historian, I will introduce you to the history of the collection.