Wednesday, 18 November 2026, at 17:00, the Salone di Pietro da Cortona in Palazzo Barberini hosts the presentation of the volume “Barberiniana II. Tributo alla fioritura delle arti romane nella prima metà del XVII secolo”, edited by Francesco Solinas and Maria Celeste Cola (De Luca Editori d’Arte, 2026).
Sixteen unpublished essays on the political, diplomatic and artistic universe of the age of Urban VIII, including the first scientific study of Caravaggio’s “Portrait of Monsignor Maffeo Barberini”, recently acquired by the State. From the princely apartments of Don Taddeo and his wife Donna Anna Colonna to the hermitage on Monte Mario designed by Borromini, from the works of Poussin and Claude Lorrain to Artemisia Gentileschi in London, a collective portrait of Barberini Rome.
Introduced by Thomas Clemente Salomon, Director of the Gallerie Nazionali di Arte Antica.
Speakers: Claudio Strinati, Laurea Caterina Cherubini and Maria Grazia Bernardini.
Free admission until seats are filled.