About Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica – Palazzo Barberini
Palazzo Barberini was begun by Carlo Maderno and finished by Bernini and Borromini in 1633. The Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica took up residence in 1949.
Highlights include Caravaggio's Judith and Holofernes, Raphael's La Fornarina, and Pietro da Cortona's vast ceiling fresco of the Triumph of Divine Providence.
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