Galleria Sabauda (Savoy Gallery)

In 1832 Carlo Alberto decided to exhibit to the public 365 paintings coming from the Royal Palace and from other residences. The Royal Gallery was donated to the state in 1860 and it moved in 1865 to the actual seat of the Palazzo dell'Accademia delle Scienze.

Entrance of the Savoy Gallery and the Egyptian Museum

The original core grew due to donations, mainly works of art by Piedmontese maestros, and for purchases, made in order to fill the gaps in the Italian section.
There were works of room re-organization made at the end of the 19th century, followed by more radical works of restructuring between 1952 and 1959.

The tour begins with the section of the Italian paintings, in the first rooms there are the works of Tuscan school: Beato Angelico with Madonna col Bambino; Antonio and Piero del Pollaiolo with L'arcangelo Raffaele and Tobiolo; Lorenzo di Credi with Madonna col Bambino; Franciabigio with L'Annunciazione; Filippino Lippi with I tre arcangeli and Tobiolo.

These rooms are followed by the rooms dedicated to the Mannerism and the Venetian schools. In the section dedicated to the Flemish school there are two masterpieces: Jan van Eyck with the Stimmate di San Francesco and Hans Memling with the Passione di Cristo.

Then, there is the section dedicated to the collection of price Eugenio di Savoia-Soissons and to Flemish and Dutch paint, one of the most important in Italy. The collection of paintings of prince Eugenio, previously in the Belvedere in Vienna, was bought by Carlo Emanuele II in 1741.
Between the paintings of Italian school there are San Giovanni Battista and Lucrezia by Guido Reni.

The section dedicated to the Piedmontese paint includes a Madonna col Bambino by Barnaba da Modena, a precious triptych by Jacques Iverny, and, for the Piedmontese working between the 15th and the 16th century, works of art by Giovanni Martino Spanzotti, Defendente Ferrari, Giuseppe Giovenone il Vecchio, Gerolamo Giovenone, Macrino d'Alba and Pietro Grammorseo.
Between the Piedmontese painters of the 14th century: the leading figure Gaudenzio Ferrari and Bernardino Lanino.

In the higher floor there are three sections which document the Savoy collectionism and the purchasers. The first section is dedicated to the collections from Emanuele Filiberto to Carlo Emanuele I (1550-1630).

The second section includes the collectionism from Vittorio Amedeo I to Vittorio Amedeo II (1630-1730), and the third section is tedicated to the collectionism from Carlo Emanuele III to Carlo Felice (1730-1831) and it includes the décor and the scenes, the ducal purchases and the works of art form the neoclassical period to the Restoration.

A side section is constituted by the private collection of the Turinese lawyer Riccardo Gualino, donated in 1928 and that includes works of art of different origins.