The Borghese museum in Rome (Piazzale Scipione Borghese) has been reopened to the public after 14 years of restoration works. The chore of the museum collection was constituted by Pope Paul V's nephew cardinal Scipion Borghese at the start of the 17th Century. In 1605 he had a villa built to house of collection of antiquities and paintings. In 1805, Camille Borghese sold some 344 antique statues to Napoleon that can now be viewed in the Louvre Museum. All the sculptures on exhibition in the villa have now been restored including that of Pauline Borghese by Canova as well as four marble statues by Bernini.
The collection of paintings includes works by Raphael, Caravaggio, Dosso Dossi, Titian, Caracchi, Albani, Guercino and Guido Reni.
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