{"id":17591,"date":"2026-03-17T17:14:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T17:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/galleriaborghese.cultura.gov.it\/en\/?p=17591"},"modified":"2026-03-26T11:42:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T11:42:32","slug":"introduction-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/galleriaborghese.cultura.gov.it\/en\/introduction-5\/","title":{"rendered":"INTRODUCTION"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The exhibition celebrates the fortunate return to the Galleria Borghese of Giovan Francesco Penni\u2019s\u00a0<em>Allegory of Good Hope<\/em>, acquired on May 14, 2025 (lot 21) at the Pandolfini auction in Florence. Its provenance confirms a significant and illustrious connection with the Borghese collection.<\/p>\n<p>This small, rounded panel, which reappeared on the art market in 2005, was originally part of Cardinal Scipione\u2019s collection and is documented in an inventory from the third decade of the seventeenth century (Corradini 1998), described as:\u00a0<em>\u201cUn quadro del ritratto d\u2019una donna in piede con un fiore in mano tondo di sopra cornice negra, alto 1 \u00bc largo 3\/4. Raffael in tavola.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0In this and subsequent inventories, it is paired with another work, also attributed to Raphael, of identical size and format:\u00a0<em>\u201cUn quadro tondo di sopra con la Madonna, il Figliolo, e san Giovannino, alto 1 1\/3 largo \u00be cornice negra. Raffael in tavola.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0The latter description, however, is clearly mistaken; the painting actually depicts a standing female figure nursing two children, intended as a personification of Charity, or Latona. Following the late eighteenth-century sale, the two paintings left the collection for England.<\/p>\n<p>For this exhibition, the pair is reunited and displayed alongside the contemporary and remarkable tondo\u00a0<em>Adoration of the Child with Saint Joseph and Saint John<\/em>\u00a0from the Abbey of the Most Holy Trinity in Cava de\u2019 Tirreni (first half of the second decade of the sixteenth century), one of the few works securely attributed to Giovan Francesco Penni.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The public will thus be offered an in-depth look at a little-known painter with a limited yet significant body of work, who was active in Raphael\u2019s workshop. The three works are on display in Room IX of the Museum, positioned alongside and in dialogue with those of the Master of Urbino. They also stand in relation to the works of Penni\u2019s fellow pupil and associate, Giulio Romano, and those of Perin del Vaga, who worked from the same models\u2014as evidenced by the comparison between his <\/span><span class=\"s2\">Nativity<\/span><span class=\"s1\"> from the Borghese Collection and the Cava <\/span><span class=\"s2\">tondo<\/span><span class=\"s1\">. Finally, a reference is included to Leonardo Grazia da Pistoia, a pupil of &#8216;il Fattore&#8217;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The exhibition celebrates the fortunate return to the Galleria Borghese of Giovan Francesco Penni\u2019s\u00a0Allegory of Good Hope, acquired on May 14, 2025 (lot 21) at the Pandolfini auction in Florence. Its provenance confirms a significant and illustrious connection with the Borghese collection. 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