Galleria Sabauda ★★

The Savoys' other treasure trove, a magnificent collection of European paintings, fills its salons

Upstairs in the same building as the Egyptian collection. The Savoy's royal taste ran heavily to painters of the Flemish and Dutch schools, and the works by van Dyck, van Eyck, Rembrandt, and van der Weyden, among others, comprise one of Italy's largest collections of northern European paintings. In fact, two of Europe's most prized Flemish masterpieces are here: Jan van Eyck's Stigmata of St. Francis and Hans Memling's Passion of Christ. Italian artists, including those from the Piemonte, are also well represented; one of the first canvases you see upon entering the galleries is the work of a Tuscan, Fra Angelico's sublime Virgin and Child.

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