Borghese Renaissance

Raphael
Entombment
1507

Renaissance paintings in the Borghese Gallery in Rome. The Raphael above began its public life in Perugia, where it was commissioned for the chapel of the Baglioni family in the Church of San Francesco al Prato. It remained there for a century. Then one dark night in 1608 "it was secretly removed from the church and sent to Rome, where Paul V gave it to Scipione Borghese. Outraged by this theft, the Perugians were placated by negotiations between the Papal Court and the city." The placated Perugians certainly never got their painting back. It has now spent 400 years under Scipione's roof, where it remains today.

Pellegrino Tibaldi
Adoration of the Shepherds
1558

Giovanni Girolamo Savoldo
Tobias and the Angel
c. 1540

Ortolano
Deposition
c. 1518

Garofalo
Virgin and Child with Saints Michael and Joseph
c. 1530

Dosso Dossi
St. Cosmas and St. Damian
c. 1535

Scarsellino
Salimacis and Hermaphroditus
c. 1590

Giulio Romano
Virgin and Child with Infant St. John the Baptist
1523

Perino del Vaga
Holy Family
c. 1520

Girolamo da Carpi
Landscape with Magic Procession
1527

Perugino
St. Sebastian
c. 1495

Correggio
Danaë
1530/31

Parmigianino
Portrait of a Man
c. 1526

Titian
Sacred and Profane Love
1514

Titian
Venus Blindfolding Cupid
c. 1565