MUSEI REALI DI TORINO – GALLERIA SABAUDA

La Sabauda Gallery It is one of Italy's most important art galleries and houses a collection of around 700 paintings, featuring masterpieces by great Italian, Flemish and Dutch masters.

The history of the collection originates in 1497, when the Savoy family compiled an inventory of the ancient works acquired by the family. The first real catalogue, dated 1631, is still preserved and displayed in a dedicated display case. Originally, the paintings were located in the connecting gallery between Royal Palace of Turin e Palazzo Madama; However, the building, which had been damaged by fire several times, was not rebuilt.

La Royal Gallery, which at that time had 365 works, was inaugurated in 1832 from Charles Albert of Savoy at Palazzo Madama. During the nineteenth century, the collection was further enriched, in particular with important groups of Flemish and Dutch paintings. Sold to the Italian State in 1860, the Gallery was relocated to 1865 in Via Accademia delle Scienze and, from April 2012, is based in New Wing of the Royal Palace.

The exhibition features numerous masterpieces from the Piedmontese school, such as the precious polyptych by Giovanni Canavesio, alongside fundamental works from the Italian fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, including the Madonna and Child with Saints by Andrea Mantegna e The Dinner by Paolo Veronese. The view of Turin in the mid-18th century painted by Bernardo Bellotto.

The current museum project, based on the exhibition of approximately 500 works, also provides for the enhancement of Gualino collection and testimonies from the twentieth century, displayed in dialogue on the fourth floor of the building. In July 2017 The famous Venus by Sandro Botticelli, after being loaned for an exhibition in Boston.

The Sabauda Gallery can also be visited via guided tours led by experts, allowing visitors to delve deeper into the history and masterpieces of the collection.