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But here at the Galleria, the art of the Renaissance admits to different concerns,
as well as another great Velázquez. In a private alcove is the painter’s entrancing
portrait of Giovanni Battista Pamphilj (1574–1665), owner occupant of the palace,
who would succeed Pope Urban VIII with the official title Pope Innocent X in 1644
and 7 years into his tenure, just South at the Vatican, would turn his home into the
Galleria Doria it remains today.
2
Ten primary rooms, four wings,
3
and an inventory
2 Amongst the legion of tourist guides that lavish details upon such matters, see, for example, http://
walksinsideitaly.com/walk/2018/07/21/palazzo-doria-pamphilj-a-private-mansion-in-the-heartof-rome. Accessed March 18, 2019.
3 See http://www.doriapamphilj.it/roma/en/la-galleria-doria-pamphilj. Accessed March 18, 2019.
Fig. 16.1 Inside the Doria Pamphilj. (Photo © M.C. Tobias)
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But here at the Galleria, the art of the Renaissance admits to different concerns,
as well as another great Velázquez. In a private alcove is the painter’s entrancing
portrait of Giovanni Battista Pamphilj (1574–1665), owner occupant of the palace,
who would succeed Pope Urban VIII with the official title Pope Innocent X in 1644
and 7 years into his tenure, just South at the Vatican, would turn his home into the
Galleria Doria it remains today.
2
Ten primary rooms, four wings,
3
and an inventory
2 Amongst the legion of tourist guides that lavish details upon such matters, see, for example, http://
walksinsideitaly.com/walk/2018/07/21/palazzo-doria-pamphilj-a-private-mansion-in-the-heartof-rome. Accessed March 18, 2019.
3 See http://www.doriapamphilj.it/roma/en/la-galleria-doria-pamphilj. Accessed March 18, 2019.
Fig. 16.1 Inside the Doria Pamphilj. (Photo © M.C. Tobias)
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