Palazzo Altieri was the home of the Altieri family in Rome. The palace faces the square in front of the church of the Gesu. Façade of the Church of the Gesù. The Church of the Gesù (in Italian, Chiesa del Sacro Nome di Gesù, or Church of the Holy Name of Jesus) is the motherchurch of the Society of Jesus, an order of the Roman Catholic Church, which was the model for innumerable...

The Altieri were one of the prominent families in Rome claiming descendancy from Roman nobility, and included Pope Clement X (reigned 1670-1676). Construction of the palace began in 1650, however, with the ascent of Clement in 1670, expansion was pursued under supervision of the pope's brother cardinal Giambattista Altieri, and the architect Giovan Antonio de' Rossi (1616-1695). By 1673, the grand salon was complete. Cardinal Camillo Massimo recommended Carlo Maratta as the artist, and Giovanni Bellori helped with the iconography. Clemency (punning with pope's name) is surrounded by Public Happiness and other cardinal virtues. Pope Clement X (July 13, 1590 – July 22, 1676), born Emilio Bonaventura Altieri, was Pope from April 29, 1670 to July 22, 1676. ... Giovan Antonio de Rossi (1616-1695) was an Italian architect of the Baroque period, active mainly in Rome. ... Massimo or Massimi was the name of a Roman princely family of great antiquity, said to be descended from the ancient Maximi of republican Rome. ... Carlo Maratta was an Italian painter of the Baroque era. ... Giovanni Bellori was an important figure in the seventeenth century Roman artworld. ...

The building is now occupied by a bank; though the interiors still possess major works of art and decoration, including paintings by Luca Giordano, Bernardo Strozzi, Pieter Mulier, Domenico Maria Canuti, Fabrizio Chiari, Felice Giani, Vincenzo Camuccini, Francesco Zuccarelli, and Giuseppe Bonito. The creation of man, fresco in the Palazzo Medici-Riccardi in Florence, 1684-1686. ... Bernardo Strozzi (c1581-1644) was an Italian painter born in Genoa. ... Vincenzo Camuccini (1773 - 1844), Italian historical painter, was born at Rome. ... Francesco Zuccarelli (1702-1788), Italian painter, was born at Pitigliano in Tuscany, and studied in Rome under Onesi, Morandi, and Nelli. ...

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• History
• Haskell, Francis (1993). "Chapter 6", Patrons and Painters: Art and Society in Baroque Italy, 1980, Yale University Press, p 158-161.