Accademia Nazionale di San Luca – Galleria
The gallery of the ancient Academy of painters, sculptors and architects in Palazzo Carpegna, near the Trevi Fountain, reopened in 2025 with a new display.
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About the museum
The Accademia Nazionale di San Luca is an association of painters, sculptors and architects, known worldwide for its history, its collections, its promotion of the arts and architecture, and its role as a centre of study, thanks to the archives and libraries it holds. It is based in Palazzo Carpegna, near the Fontana di Trevi.
The academic gallery grew out of donations and bequests from artists, heirs and collectors who supported the institution over the centuries. Since the beginning of the 2000s its rooms have been the subject of a profound museological project; on 16 May 2025 it reopened with a new display centred on the main nucleus of the collections.
The rooms commemorate, among other things, the bequest of Fabio Rosa (1681–1753), who donated more than 180 canvases to the Academy; the Putto reggifestone attributed to Raphael, which entered the collections in 1834 with the bequest of Jean-Baptiste Wicar; Raphael’s altarpiece with Saint Luke painting the Virgin; a selection of architectural drawings; the works from the Balestra competitions, established from 1768; and those linked to the years in which Antonio Canova was prince of the Academy.
Highlights
- Putto reggifestone (attributed to Raphael)
- Raphael’s Saint Luke painting the Virgin
- Fabio Rosa bequest with works by Salvator Rosa and Carlo Maratti
- Collection of architectural drawings
- Works from the Balestra competitions and the Canova era
Permanent exhibition
- Galleria accademica – The route in six rooms presents paintings, sculptures and architectural drawings from bequests and donations by academicians and collectors.
- Founded
- 1577
- Operated by
- Accademia Nazionale di San Luca ETS
- Visitors per year
- approx. 6,000
Admission & discounts
The museum hasn’t published any information on this.
Accessibility
- Wheelchair accessible
- Elevator: no information
- Accessible restroom
- Accessible parking: no information
- Service dogs welcome
- Tactile models & exhibits: no information
- Sign language tours: no information
- Easy-to-read materials: no information
- Audio description: no information
Access for people with reduced mobility must be booked by email (prenotazioni@accademiasanluca.it) or by telephone (+39 06 679 8850, porter’s lodge). A stair-climbing chair is available free of charge; wheelchairs and personal walkers are admitted. Accessible toilets are on the entrance floor.
Kids & families
The museum hasn’t published any information on this.
Getting there & parking
By public transit
Barberini (metro A)
Metro line A, Barberini stop; buses 52, 53, 61, 63, 71, 80, 85, 119, 160, 492 and 630, Tritone stop.
Amenities & dining
- Museum shop
Bookshop at the entrance to Palazzo Carpegna, with the Academy’s publications and exhibition catalogues. The gallery is on the third floor.
Events & venue rental
The museum hasn’t published any information on this.
Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| School programs | yes |
| Good to know | Scheduled guided tours in Italian: Tuesday and Thursday at 15:00 and 17:00; Saturday at 10:00, 12:00, 15:00 and 17:00 (€10 on top of the entrance ticket, lasting 1 to 1.5 hours). Groups on request of up to 25 people: €150 on top of the ticket. Bookings at prenotazioni@accademiasanluca.it. School visits Monday to Friday: €100 in Italian, €140 in a foreign language. |
