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For this collection thanks the Middle-class family, above all the cardinal Scipio Middle-class (1576 - 1633) that fece to build the villa and placed yourselves a lot of its more well-known treasuries.

Scholar of philosophy and jurisprudence, Scipio venne named cardinal in 1605 when the uncle Middle-class Camillo became pope with the name of Paolo V. Ricevette a lot important assignments in ecclesiastical field: that allowed to accumulate him an enormous luck that he used to cultivate its love for the fine one to live.

In 1612 the cardinal one gave beginning to the Middle-class construction of Villa, then to the periphery of Rome , a house of country destined to welcome its proud ancient collection of sculptures. The Middle-class Arcade you Enlarge The Middle-class Arcade

The first architect that it is taken care of this project was Flaminio Ponzio and to its death in 1613 subentrò the flemish Giovanni Vasanzio (whose true name was Jan van Santen), realizing a facade with ali to shape of U with niches, recesses, classic statues and relief.

Scipio did not collect alone ancient sculptures and masterpieces of the past, but also works of its contemporaries: was the first patron of Gian Lorenzo Bernini, the most important sculptor of the period, and an ardent admirer of Caravaggio.

After the death of Scipio Middle-class the collection rhymed unbroken, or rather some made enrichments from the heirs had been us.

To give the villa a like structure to the present one was the prince Middle-class Marcantonio IV (1730 - 1800) that in the last painting of the eighteenth century fece to remake big part of the insides in neoclassical style, more suitable to the ancient sculptures that you have exhibited. Fece also to build a park around the villa. Since then the sculptures came placed above all to ground floor and the paintings to the first plan, so like appaiono today.

In 1807 the son of Marcantonio, Middle-class Camillo, because of financial difficulty dovette sell some works to the brother-in-law Napoleon Bonaparte; between these figure the "Middle-class Gladiator" today to the Musée du Louvre to Paris.

In 1891 all of the paintings, the sculptures and the antiquity of the Middle-class family that found themselves elsewhere came gathered in the villa giving life to the present Middle-class Arcade; in 1902 the villa and the treasuries in is contained came sold to the Italian State . Rat of Proserpina (Bernini) you Enlarge Rat of Proserpina (Bernini)

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* The Goat Amaltea * Enea, Anchise and Ascanio * Rat of Proserpina * David * Apollo and Dafne * Busts of

Scipio Middle-class * The Truth * Bust of Paolo V

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* Child with canestro of fruit (1593 - 1594) * sick Bacchino (1593 - 1594) * Narcissus (1599) * Giuditta and

It (1599) * Madonna of the Palafrenieri (1605 - 1606) * Davide with the head of Golia (1605 - 1606) * San

Gerolamo (1605 - 1606)