Musei di Strada Nuova translates to English as the Strada Nuova Museum in Genoa. The Strada Nuova is a collection of three museums in adjoining buildings. They are the largest museum group in the city of Genoa, containing ancient art. Palazzo Bianco (The White Palace), Palazzo Doria, and Palazzo Rosso, which were all former aristocratic palaces, are now collectively referred to as the Strada Nuova Museum due to the old street name.
Photoblog, Genoa, Italy, April 20-23, 2025
Notable Artists in the Strada Nuova Museum
Filippino Lippi (1457 – 18 April 1504), Son of Filippo Lippi, completed his apprenticeship in the workshop of Botticelli in Florence.
Piero Bonaccorsi (1501 – October 19, 1547), known as Perin del Baga. Raphael’s student Perin del Baga was called to Genoa by the Fleet Admiral Andrea Doria to decorate the Palazzo del Principe. Piero Bonaccorsi was the first Mannerist painter in Genoa.
Pellegrino Piola (1617 – 25 November 1640), also called Pellegro Piola or il Pellegro, was the elder brother of the painter Domenico Piola.
Domenico Piola (1627 – 8 April 1703) was the leading artist in Genoa in the second half of the 17th century, working on ceiling frescoes for many Genoese churches and palaces, including the Palaces in the Strada Nuova Museum. Piola was trained by his older brother Pellegro and then studied under Pellegro’s teacher, Giovanni Domenico Cappellino (1580–1651).
Paolo Gerolamo Piola (1666–1724), son of Domenico Piola, was the owner of the largest painting workshop in Genoa in the second half of the seventeenth century. He apprenticed under his father and was influenced by several painters in the workshop.
Gregorio de Ferrari (c. 1647–1726). Frescoed two vaults of the Palazzo Rosso in the Strada Nuova Museum to accompany two rooms completed by Piola. By 1689
As a reference to the ages of these artists, here is a list and dates of the most well-known Renaissance artists. Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519), Michelangelo (1475–1564), and Raphael (1483–1520)
Frescos in the Strada Nuova Museum
These frescos are on the ceiling of the Strada Nuova Museum, in the Palazzo Rosso. A single ticket to the Strada Nuova Museum allows access to all three Palaces. Finding the painters’ names and the names of the paintings for the frescos in the Strada Nuova Museum was much more difficult than finding the details for the paintings.
Giovanni Andrea Carlone, between 1691 and 1692, Ceiling fresco called “Allegory of Human Life: Four Ages of Man, Virtues and Fate” Domenico Piola (1627 – 8 April 1703), Ceiling fresco called “Metamorphosis of Winter”Gregorio de Ferrari (c. 1647–1726), Ceiling fresco called “Hall of Summer” Gregorio de Ferrari (c. 1647–1726), ceiling fresco called “Allegory of Spring.” I love the colors in this one. Andrea Giovanni Leoncini (Campo Freddo , 1708 – Genoa , 1760 ), ceiling fresco called “Alcova”Gregorio de Ferrari (c. 1647–1726) Fresco, “The Lounge of the Fatherland Virtues.” The Ceiling fresco is located in the Palazzo Rosso in the Strada Nuova Museum. The image shows a detail of a colorful trompe l’oeil fresco ceiling within the Palazzo Rosso. Of all the frescos at the Strada Nuova Museum, this was the most difficult one to find the name of.
Paintings in the Strada Nuova Museum
I mentioned that finding the names of the frescos was difficult. Finding the names of the paintings at the Strada Nuova Museum was easy because each painting had a label.
I didn’t take pictures of every painting at the Strada Nuova Museum, even though it may seem so after you look at them. These paintings at the Strada Nuova Museum are arranged from the oldest to the newest. The oldest paintings are in a static portrait style. During the Renaissance, paintings adopted a style with more action.
Francesco Brea (1495-1555) “Saint John the Evangelist, Saint Zachariah, and a saint.” The third saint is believed to be Saint Elizabeth, the wife of Zechariah.Francesco Brea (1495-1555) “Santa Maria Maddalena between two saintsBenvenuto Tisi – called Garofalo (1481 – September 6, 1559) “Holy Family with St. John the Baptist and a holy bishop.” I don’t know who the bishop is but when you get a halo, you’re a holy bishop. Prospero Fontana (1512–1597) “Madonna and Child with Saints” Jacopo Negretti, also known as Palma Vecchio (or Palma the Elder) (c. 1480 – 30 July 1528) “Madonna and Child with Saints John the Baptist and Mary Magdalene” Andrea d’Agnolo, also known as Andrea del Sarto (16 July 1486 – 29 September 1530), “Holy Family”. This is a copy of the painting in Palazzo Pitti in FlorenceUnknown artist, Early sixteenth century “Madonna and Child and Saint John the Baptist”Giulio Cesare Procaccini (1574–1625) “Madonna and Child with two prophets”Ludovico (or Lodovico) Carracci (21 April 1555 – 13 November 1619) “Annunciation” Giulio Cesare Procaccini (1574–1625) “Holy Family with St. John the Baptist and Saint Elizabeth of Hungary”Sisto Rosa Badalocchio (Parma, 28 June 1585 – circa 1647 ) “The meeting of Jesus and Mary at Calvary”Guido Reni (Bologna 1575 – 1642) “St. Sebastian” Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (February 8, 1591 – December 22, 1666), better known as (il) Guercino, “Christ drives the merchants out of the temple.”Bernardo Strozzi, called il Cappuccino and il Prete Genovese (c. 1581 – 2 August 1644) “Madonna and Child with St. John the Baptist”Bernardo Strozzi, called il Cappuccino and il Prete Genovese (c. 1581 – 2 August 1644) “St. Francis embracing the Crucifix” Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, also known as Il Grechetto (baptized 23 March 1609[2] – 5 May 1664) “The Nativity”Domenico Fiasella (12 August 1589 – 19 October 1669), also known as Il Sarzana, “Abraham’s Families.” It seems to me that an aging Abraham is getting a one-way talk from Sarah. He looks weary. Giovanni Bernardo Carbone (12 May 1614 – 11 March 1683) “Madonna and sleeping child”Pellegro Piola or Pellegrino Piola, known as Pellegro ( Genoa, 5 June 1617 – Genoa, 25 November 1640) “Santa Barbara”Orazio Lomi Gentileschi, also known as Orazio Gentileschi (Pisa, 9 July 1563 (baptised) – London, 7 February 1639 ) “Madonna with sleeping child”Giovanni Lanfranco (26 January 1582 – 30 November 1647) “Risen Christ” Giovanni Antonio Galli, also called lo Spadarino (baptized January 16, 1585 – after June 1651), “Saint Frances of Rome with an Angel”Alessandro Mattia 1635 – post. 1679 “St. Roch heals the plague victims” Albrecht Dürer (21 May 1471 – 6 April 1528) “Portrait of a young man” signed, initialed and dated 1506 Joos van Cleve, also known as Joos van der Beke, 1485-1541, “St. Jerome in the study” 1514Albrecht Dürer (21 May 1471 – 6 April 1528) “St. Jerome in the study” Carlo Maratta or Maratti (18 May 1625 – 15 December 1713) “Rest on the flight into Egypt” dated 1680 Andrea Sacchi (Nettuno 1599-1661 Rome) “Daedalus fastening wings on his son Icarus” Giovanni Battista Salvi, known as Sassoferrato (25 August 1609 – Rome, 8 August 1685) “Madonna and Sleeping child with angels.”Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (February 8, 1591 – December 22, 1666) also known as Guercino, “Madonna and Child, St. John the Baptist and Saints John the Evangelist and Bartholomew”Anthony van Dyck (Antwerp 1599 – London 1641) “Portrait of the goldsmith Pucci with his son” Anthony van Dyck (Antwerp 1599 – London 1641) “Portrait of Geronima Sale Brignole with her daughter Aurelia” 1627Paris Bordone (5 July 1500 – 19 January 1571) “Mystical Wedding of Saint Catherine”Simon Vouet (9 January 1590 – 30 June 1649) “David with the head of Goliath”Filippino Lippi (probably 1457 – 18 April 1504) “Saint Sebastian alongside Saint John the Baptist and Saint Francis of Assisi” Jusepe de Ribera (baptised 17 February 1591 – 3 November 1652) “St. Francis of Assisi receives from the angel the seven privileges.”Jan Provoost (Bergen, ca. 1463-’65 – Bruges, 1529) “Saint Peter from the Civil Hospitals of Genoa”Domenico Piola (1627 – 8 April 1703) “The Athenaeum (school) of the Fine Arts”Bartolomeo Guidobono (1654–1709) “Vision of Saint Margaret” Gregorio de Ferrari (c. 1647–1726) “Moses makes water flow from the rock.” Gregorio de Ferrari (c. 1647–1726) “Touch me not.” Gregorio de Ferrari (c. 1647–1726) “Rest on the Flight into Egypt.” Attributed to Giovanni David from Cabella Ligure, 1743 – Genoa 1790 “Portrait of a Lady with cup of coffee.”
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