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An outstanding collection representing the seventeenth century arts capital of Europe :
with Le Bernin, Nicolas Poussin, Pierre de Cortone, Ciro Ferri, G.-B Gaulli, known as 'il Baciccio', Andrea Pozzo, Simon Vouet, etc...

Also on display in these rooms are several works by Flemish and French painters and by foreigners in Rome producing work there such as Nicolas Poussin with his King Midas at the Source of the Pactolus, the landscapes of Gaspard Dughet and the Flemish Jacob Voet. Amongst the most impressive work in these rooms is the portrait of Cardinal Scopione Borghèse, a rare oil painting by Ottavio Leoni, Pierre de Cortone's The Virgin and Child and the Rest on the Flight into Egypt, studies by Gaulli Baciccio and a magnificent canvas, the masterpiece of these rooms, depicting a Parrot in a Garden with Fruits by G.P Castelli, known as Spadino.