Rooms 29 and 30
This space belongs to the extension of the palace along what is now Corso Vannucci that was carried out in 1429-43.
Room 29
Panels from the Choir Stalls (1503)
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✴one depicts a bishop at his desk; while
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✴the other is purely decorative.
Coronation of the Virgin (ca. 1528)
Madonna and Child with saints (ca. 1530)
Mystical Marriage of St Catherine (ca. 1530)
The altarpiece depicts the Madonna and Child enthroned, with a dove representing the Holy Spirit above and the young St John the Baptist below. SS Catherine of Alexandria and Peter stand to the left, and St Mary Magdalene and a bishop saint stand to the right. The Madonna holds the hand of St Catherine while the baby Jesus places a ring on her wedding finger.
Room 30
Holy Family with St John the Baptist (1560)
The altarpiece depicts the Madonna and Child enthroned with SS John the Baptist and Joseph, set in a landscape. St Joseph plays with the baby Jesus, and they both hold the flowering staff that is his traditional attribute of St Joseph. St John the Baptist seems to be reminding the Virgin of the baby’s fate, as two baby angels hold a crown above her head.
Pietà (1522)
This lunette-shaped panel, which is signed by Domenico Alfani and dated by inscription, was described in the 19th century in Santa Maria Nuova, where it was displayed in the Altare dell’ Annunziata above a processional banner attributed to Nicolò di Liberatore, l’ Alunno (which is now in Room 12). It was almost certainly commissioned for Santa Maria dei Servi, where it would have formed part of a larger altarpiece, the other panels of which no longer survive. It probably moved to Santa Maria Nuova in 1540, and entered the gallery in 1863.
Rooms 31
This space behind the tower of Cola di Benvenuto Servitori was added to the palace in ca. 1330. The original chapel (now the first part of Room 4) is directly above.
Sapienza Vecchia Altarpiece (1518)
Birth of the Virgin (1561)
Panels from the Chiesa del Gesù (ca. 1550)
These two panels from the Chiesa del Gesù, which are attributed to Orazio Alfani, were recorded in the 18th century on the counter-façade of the church. They depict:
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✴the Holy Family and
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✴the Rest on the Flight to Egypt.
Cards attached to them recorded that they formed part of the Anastagi bequest. They entered the gallery in 1863.
Rooms 32
This space (along with Room 22 behind it) was added to the palace in in 1443-50. The new Cappella dei Priori (now Room 21) is directly above.
Nativity with St Anne (1536)
The altarpiece depicts the newly born Jesus lying on the ground in a meadow outside the stable, surrounded by the Virgin and SS Joseph and Anne. Three baby angels sing from a common hymn book, and a group of shepherds looks on.
Adoration of the Shepherds (16th century)
Frescoes from Palazzo Pontani (1535)
These three frescoes were among some 18 that were detached from from the Sala Maggiore of Palazzo Pontani before its demolition in 1836. They have recently been attributed to Giovanni Battista Caporali. The three exhibited here depict:
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✴a view of Borgo San Pietro, with Palazzo Pontani to the right (illustrated here);
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✴a group of students whom Guglielmo Pontani (1478-1555) taught in the law school that he had established in the palace; and
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✴an allegory of time.
The other detached frescoes are in the deposit of the gallery.
Galleria Nazionale: Sala Podiani and Sala Conferenze Rooms 1-3 Room 4
Rooms 5-6 Rooms 7-10 Rooms 11-16 Room 17 Rooms 18-20 Cappella dei Priori
Rooms 22-28 Rooms 29-32 Rooms 33-40 Deposit
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