Palazzo Rosso


The Palazzo Brignole Sale or Palazzo Rosso is a house museum located in Via Garibaldi, in the historical center of Genoa, in Northwestern Italy. The palace is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Genoa: Le Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli. The rich art collection inside, along with the galleries of Palazzo Bianco and Palazzo Doria Tursi, is part of the Musei di Strada Nuova and consists of the works of artists of the caliber of Antoon van Dyck, Guido Reni, Paolo Veronese, Guercino, Gregorio De Ferrari, Albrecht Dürer, Bernardo Strozzi and Mattia Preti.
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History

Built in 1675, Palazzo Rosso was not one of the 163 Palazzi dei Rolli of Genoa, the selected private residences where the notable guests of the Republic of Genoa were hosted during State visits, as the last of such list was completed in 1664, ten years before the construction of the palace. As a distinguished 17th-century palace in Strada Nuova, however, on 13 luglio del 2006 it was included in the list of 42 palaces which now form the UNESCO World Heritage Site Genoa: Le Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli. In 1874, the last descendant of the family, the Duchess of Galliera Maria Brignole Sale, bequeathed to the Municipality of Genoa the palace and the art collections therein, which constitute the first nucleus of today's art gallery.
After 3 years of renovation, the Palazzo reopened in June 2022.

The Art Collections

The art collection includes:
Guercino:The Dying CleopatraThe Suicide of CatoMadonna and Child with the Infant John the Baptist, Saint John the Evangelist and Saint Bartholomew
Veronese:Judith and Holofernes
Gregorio De Ferrari:
  • Frescoes of Spring and Summer
Antoon van Dyck:Portrait of Paolina Adorno-Brignole-SaleEquestrian Portrait of Anton Giulio Brignole-SaleChrist Bearing His CrossPortrait of Filippo Spinola di TassaroloPortrait of the goldsmith Pucci with his sonChrist Driving out the Money-LendersPortrait of Geronima Sale Brignole with her daughter Aurelia
Albrecht Dürer:Portrait of a Young Venetian, 1506
Palma il Vecchio:Madonna and Child with Saint John the Baptist and Saint Mary Magdalene, circa 1520-1522
Guido Reni:Saint Sebastian
Bernardo Strozzi:The CookMadonna and Child with the Infant John the BaptistBoy Blowing on a Taper
Ludovico Carracci:Annunciation
Giovanni Battista Chiappe:Portrait of Doge Rodolfo Maria Brignole Sale
Grechetto:The Journey of Abraham's FamilyNativity
  • ''The Sheep Escaping''