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| Lavinia Fontana Minerva dressing 1613 oil on canvas Galleria Borghese, Rome |
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| Lavinia Fontana Head of a youth 1606 tempera on paper Galleria Borghese, Rome |
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| Alessandro Turchi Raising of Lazarus 1617 oil on slate Galleria Borghese, Rome |
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| Alessandro Turchi Lamentation 1617 oil on slate Galleria Borghese, Rome |
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| Domenichino Cumaean Sibyl 1617 oil on canvas Galleria Borghese, Rome |
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| Domenichino Diana and her Nymphs 1616-17 oil on canvas Galleria Borghese, Rome |
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| Domenichino Diana and her Nymphs (detail) 1616-17 oil on canvas Galleria Borghese, Rome |
The paintings above by Lavinia Fontana, Alessandro Turchi, and Domenichino were all collected personally, acquired from the artists in the early 17th century by Cardinal Scipione Borghese, for whom Palazzo Borghese in Rome was built. The Borghese paintings below by Honthorst, Rubens, Guido Reni, and Lanfranco entered the collection after Scipione's lifetime.
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| Gerrit van Honthorst The Concert 1626-30 oil on canvas Galleria Borghese, Rome |
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| Gerrit van Honthorst Susanna and the Elders early 17th century oil on canvas Galleria Borghese, Rome |
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| Peter Paul Rubens Deposition 1602 oil on canvas Galleria Borghese, Rome |
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| Guido Reni Moses with the Tablet of the Law 1624 oil on canvas Galleria Borghese, Rome |
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| Giovanni Lanfranco Norandino and Lucina discovered by the Ogre ca. 1624 oil on canvas Galleria Borghese, Rome |
The present fame of Scipione Borghese (1577-1633) is primarily due to his early and active patronage of the painter Caravaggio, whose present vogue is of course ongoing and extreme. Caravaggio was in fact carrying the final canvas (the juvenile Baptist) back to Rome as a gift of ingratiation intended for the Cardinal – who did in fact manage to acquire the gift despite the death of the giver en route.
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| Caravaggio St Jerome ca. 1606 oil on canvas Galleria Borghese, Rome |
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| Caravaggio Madonna dei Palafrenieri 1606 oil on canvas Galleria Borghese, Rome |
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| Caravaggio St John the Baptist ca. 1610 oil on canvas Galleria Borghese, Rome |