Ludovico Ludovisi
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Ludovico Ludovisi was an Italian cardinal and statesman of the Roman Catholic Church. He was an art connoisseur who formed a famous collection of antiquities, housed at the Villa Ludovisi in Rome.
Portrait by Ottavio Leoni, 1621
Pope Gregory XV with his Cardinal-Nephew of unprecedented income and authority, Ludovico Ludovisi, known as il cardinale padrone (the Cardinal Boss).
Pope Gregory XV and his nephew Cardinal Ludovico Ludovisi.
Palazzo Montecitorio
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Palazzo Montecitorio is a palace in Rome and the seat of the Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of the Italian Parliament.
Ludovico Ludovisi
…Ludovisi is remembered as a connoisseur and patron of arts. He paid for the construction of the Jesuit Chiesa di Sant'Ignazio and Palazzo Ludovisi (now Palazzo Montecitorio), where Gian Lorenzo Bernini was his architect. He rapidly assembled from private owners and the Carmelite brothers of Santa Maria in Traspontina a…
Palazzo Montecitorio, seat of the Italian Chamber of Deputies
Montecitorio Panini by Giovanni Paolo Pannini, c. 1747
Square with the obelisk
Front facade