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Galleria Doria-Pamphilj
A typical room in the Galleria Doria Pamphilj. (Photo by Anthony Majanlahti)
Rome's Galleria Doria-Pamphilj is a princely private collection
Caravaggio's Rest on the Flight to Egypt(1594-1596).
This private art collection of the Doria Pamphilj (in Roman dialect, a final "j" is pronounced like an "i") princes is now open to the public, the layout preserved and paintings displayed more or less as they were in the 19th century.
(The princely Doria Pamphilj family still lives in another wing of the palazzo)
Since the works are jumbled together like a giant jigsaw puzzle on the dimly lit walls, you need to use the list of artists and titles they hand out at the entrance to match to the numbers on the works themselves.
Caravaggio's Young St.
John the Baptist
(1602).Among masterworks by Tintoretto, Correggio, Annibale and Lodovico Carracci, Bellini, Parmigianino, you'll find works by Flemish masters like Jan and Pieter Brue doria pamphilj galleria caravaggio biography5 WUHUR