Musei Reali: Galleria Sabauda

Galleria Sabauda

The Savoy Gallery was first established in 1832, when King Charles Albert of Savoy joined the collections historically owned by his family with objects acquired from the Palazzo Durazzo in Genoa.

Prince Eugene as victor over the Turks by Jacob van Schuppen
Prince Eugene as victor over the Turks by Jacob van Schuppen
Elemento dell’Acqua by Francesco Albani
Death of Cleopatra by Giovanni Giacomo Sementi
Saint Michael the Archangel by Giulio Cesare Procaccini
Annunciation by Orazio Gentileschi
The Concert for Two Figures by Antiveduto Gramatica
Bust of Margherita di Valois
Elemento dell’Acqua by Francesco Albani
Prince Tommaso of Savoy-Carignano by Anthony Van Dyck
Saint Margaret by Nicolas Poussin
Amaryllis and Mirtillo by Anthony van Dyck
God the Father by Giovan Francesco Barbieri

It was originally housed at the Palazzo Madama, then moved in 1865 to the Palazzo dei Nobili in Via Accademia delle Scienze, where it remained until 2014. It was then moved to its present location at the Palazzo Reale.

Annunciation by Francesco Di Cristofano Detto Franciabigio
Annunciation by the Workshop of Jacopo Bellini
Birth of the Virgin by the Workshop of Jacopo Bellini
Annunciation by the Workshop of Jacopo Bellini
Transit of the Madonna by Andreas Ritzos
Madonna Enthroned with Sleeping Child between Saint Amelio, Saint Lorenzo, Saint Albino and Saint Amico by Paolo da Brescia
Transit of the Madonna by Andreas Ritzos
St. Francis of Assisi receives the stigmata by Pedro Fernández
Madonna and Child with Angels among Saints Jerome, Catherine of Alexandria, Lucy, John the Evangelist by Giovanni Antonio Bazzi
The Death of Adonis by Antonio Tempesta
Mary Magdalene with lute by Master of the Female Half-Lengths
Nuvola Rossa by Leonardo Mosso
Interior of a Gothic church with staffage by Anonymous after Hendrick Aerts
Portrait of a Young Woman by Joris van Schooten
Portrait of a Young Woman by Joris van Schooten
Portrait of a Young Woman by Joris van Schooten
A Girl in a Window with a Bunch of Grapes by Gerard Dou
Still-Life with fruit, flowers, mushrooms, insects, snail by Jan Davidsz de Heem
Still-Life with fruit, flowers, mushrooms, insects, snail by Jan Davidsz de Heem
Still-Life with fruit, flowers, mushrooms, insects, snail by Jan Davidsz de Heem

Its collection today contains over 800 pieces, having been enriched over the years, particularly with works by Italian Renaissance and Flemish artists, as well as the collection of the industrialist Riccardo Gualino.

Madonna Praying
Venus by Sandro Botticelli
Madonna with Child (Madonna of the Cherries) by Master of August of Palazzo Schifanoia
Madonna with Child (Madonna of the Cherries) by Master of August of Palazzo Schifanoia
Christ by Bartolomeo Montagna
Leda and the Swan by Titian
La Salute by Francesco Guardi
Sybil by Angelica Kauffmann
Margherita Portorati by Elisabeth Vigèe-Le Brun

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