The National Gallery of Ancient Art in Rome is divided into two distinct exhibition venues, one in Palazzo Barberini and the other in Palazzo Corsini. This review is related only to the collection on display at Palazzo Barberini.
The art collection in Palazzo Barberini is huge, and includes works from several artists: Andrea del Sarto, Pompeo Batoni, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Agnolo Bronzino,
Canaletto, Caravaggio, El Greco, Giulio Romano, Guercino, Hans Holbein, Filippo Lippi, Lorenzo Lotto, Perugino, Pietro da Cortona, Nicolas Poussin, Mattia Preti, Raphael, Guido Reni, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Tintoretto, Tiziano, Simon Vouet, Valentin de Boulogne and many others.
At the time of my visit (January 2025) there was also a temporary exhibition "Il ritratto svelato" (the Portrait Revealed), where the painting "Portrait of Monsignor Maffeo Barberini" by Caravaggio from a private collection and never previously exhibited to the public.
The entrance ticket to Palazzo Barberini allows a free entrance to Palazzo Corsini, within 20 days from its purchase.