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This room is situated on the First Floor
In the 17th century this room was called "the resting room "as the decoration is all in reference to rest. Judging from the expensive furniture, the bedroom was probably that of Cardinal Scipione. In fact, it contained originally a sculpture by Alessandro Algardi, which is the alìegory of sleep (now it stands in Room No. 15), and a canopy bed.
In this room, where the Cardinal relaxed after the luxurious parties and the pantagruelian banquets, one can now see The Gypsy Girl, a precious polychrome marble statue, which Cardinal Scipione commissioned to the French sculptor Nicola Cordier (1612).
On the walls one can see paintings of the Tuscan and Emilian School (I4th century) and two Venus by Lucas Cranach and Andrea del Brescianino, which Scipione (who loved the female figure) wanted both in Room No. 2. The most important painting is undoubtedly The Danae (1531), a masterpiece by Antonio Allegro (or "Correggio"), which was one of the paintings dedicated to Jove’s lovers and realized by the artist for Federico Gonzaga ll,as his present to Emperor Charles V. The painting, which shows Danae as a charming child, was bought by the Borgheses in 1827, after having been displayed in some of the most important European courts.