Today’s focus was to see the some of the paintings and sculptures in this Gallery. We got there early , lined up to get our tickets, lined up to deposit our bags, lined up to get an audio guide, then got in.. The brochure we were given had a diagram with room numbers, the rooms had numbers which were different, we had several other bits of information which did not seem to match - all very confusing. Then we discovered a piece of cardboard attached to the audioguide which seemed to match numbers on some of the paintings, so we could start looking.
We saw quite a few interesting paintings and the 6 Caravaggios I wanted to see were interesting. I have never paid much attention to sculptures but enjoyed hearing about Antonio Canova’s sculpture of Paolina Bonaparte Borghese reclining on a couch and then looking at, in more detail than before, some large works by Bernini. We ran out of time – we had 2 hours and had to leave and repeat 2 of the lining up processes
We caught a bus back to the Campo and found a nice little restaurant in a very small piazza nearby and we had a nice lunch – away from the noise that surrounds our apartment.
Another lady, G, from Canberra who was with us in Verona has joined us . She arrived this afternoon. Helen stayed home in the afternoon because she was going out with her Roman friends in the evening. I walked and walked and had a good few hours. I first went to San Pietro in Vincolo where I saw Michelangelo’s statue of Moses. Then I walked to the northern end of Rome past some very interesting shops to see 2 more of Caravaggio’s paintings in Santa Maria del Popolo, then I walked home. I took a few photos of interesting things I passed but not many.
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