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Giovanni Baglione, Amor Sacro e Amor Profano (Sacred and Profane Love), ca. 1602-1603, oil on canvas (240 x 143) cm, Rome, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica in Palazzo Barberini, inv. 1268. Cupid Pictures, Michelangelo Caravaggio, Caravaggio Paintings, Baroque Painting, Foto Portrait, Art Classique, Baroque Art, Italian Painters, Classic Paintings

In a short time around the mid-19th century, one of the greatest art collections in Rome was gathered at the Monte di Pietà institution. Following an initiative put forward by its director-in-chief, the marquis Giovanni Pietro Campana, the ancient pawnbroking establishment oddly began to accept artworks as guarantee for cash loans. Avid collector and art enthusiast, the marquis Campana also developed a rich private museum in a dangerous balance between personal interests and obfuscated…

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Caravaggio, Conversione di San Paolo (Bekehrung des hl. Paulus/Conversion of St. Paul), Cappella Cerasi, Santa Maria del Popolo, Roma   Michelangelo Merisi (o Amerighi), noto come il CARAVAGGIO (Milano, 29 settembre 1571 – Porto Ercole, 18 luglio 1610)  #TuscanyAgriturismoGiratola Conversion Of St Paul, Michelangelo Caravaggio, Caravaggio Paintings, Masterpieces Painting, Baroque Painting, William Adolphe Bouguereau, San Paolo, Italian Baroque, Baroque Art

Santa Maria del Popolo, eine der ältesten Pfarrkirchen Roms, steht über dem Grab Neros, der hier angeblich in einem Baum spukte. Um dem ein Ende zu machen, ließ Papst Paschalis II. 1099 den Baum fällen, die Asche in den Tiber, werfen und eine Marienkapelle errichten. Ein im Renaissancestil unter Sixtus IV im 15. Jh. ausgeführter Neubau wurde im 17. Jh. von Gian Lorenzo Bernini im Barockstil überarbeitet. In der linken Querhauskapelle, der Cappella Cerasi, befinden sich zwei Hauptwerke…

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