The Palazzo Brignole Sale, also known as Palazzo Rosso, is a house museum in Via Garibaldi, in the historical center of Genoa, in the northwestern part of Italy. The palace is part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site called Genoa: Le Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli. The important art collection inside, along with the galleries of Palazzo Bianco and Palazzo Doria Tursi, is part of the Musei di Strada Nuova. This collection includes works by artists such as Antoon van Dyck, Guido Reni, Paolo Veronese, Guercino, Gregorio De Ferrari, Albrecht Dürer, Bernardo Strozzi, and Mattia Preti.
History
Built in 1675, Palazzo Rosso was not among the 163 Palazzi dei Rolli of Genoa, the private homes chosen to host important visitors during State events for the Republic of Genoa. This list was completed in 1664, ten years before the palace was built. However, as a notable 17th-century building on Strada Nuova, it was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Genoa: Le Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli" on July 13, 2006. In 1874, Maria Brignole Sale, the last member of the family, gave the palace and its art collection to the city of Genoa. This collection formed the beginning of today's art gallery. After three years of restoration, the Palazzo Rosso reopened in June 2022.
The Art Collections
The art collection features the following works:
- The Dying Cleopatra
- The Suicide of Cato
- Madonna and Child with the Infant John the Baptist, Saint John the Evangelist and Saint Bartholomew
- Judith and Holofernes
Gregorio De Ferrari:
• Frescoes of Spring and Summer
• Portrait of Paolina Adorno-Brignole-Sale
• Equestrian Portrait of Anton Giulio Brignole-Sale
• Christ Bearing His Cross
• Portrait of Filippo Spinola di Tassarolo
• Portrait of the goldsmith Pucci with his son
• Christ Driving out the Money-Lenders
• Portrait of Geronima Sale Brignole with her daughter Aurelia
• Portrait of a Young Venetian, 1506
• Madonna and Child with Saint John the Baptist and Saint Mary Magdalene, circa 1520–1522
• Saint Sebastian
• The Cook
• Madonna and Child with the Infant John the Baptist
• Boy Blowing on a Taper
• Annunciation
Giovanni Battista Chiappe:
• Portrait of Doge Rodolfo Maria Brignole Sale
• The Journey of Abraham's Family
• Nativity
• The Sheep Escaping
Gallery
- View of Palazzo Rosso in Genoa
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- Albrecht Dürer, Portrait of a Young Man, Palazzo Rosso in Genoa
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- Palazzo Rosso, Genoa / Albrecht Dürer, Portrait of a Young Man, Palazzo Rosso in Genoa