The Cerruti Collection

Villa Cerruti was built in the 1960s. The initial design by the architect Cataldo D’Imperio, which remains largely unchanged, was for a four-storey building surrounded by extensive grounds.

Miracles sometimes happen. The opening of the Cerruti Collection to the public within the framework of the Castello di Rivoli museum complex is unquestionably one.

The Study

The Study, both intimate and solemn, designed by the collector as the ideal place where their cultural interests, respects the typical characteristics of the humanist's study, home to extraordinary collections art and rare objects.

The Music Room

A juxtaposition of sculptures, 19th and 20th-century works and 16th-century paintings: San Gerolamo in un paesaggio by Dosso Dossi, and Ritratto di gentiluomo con libro e guanti by Pontormo.

The Staircase

The collector chose to hang the lower part of the staircase three paintings: two late 1930s works by Paul Klee and Femme et oiseau II/X (Woman and Bird II/X) by Joan Miró.

The staircase in the 18th-century revival style, decorated with floral moldings is counterbalanced by the light colours of the walls and the serpentine line of the banister.

The Dining Room

One of the most distinctive rooms for interior decoration.
On the mirrored walls, reflecting light to expand the space illusionistically, that most of the paintings by de Chirico are displayed.

The Mother's Room

The first of the two bedrooms still preserves its original association with the Cerruti’s mother Ines Castagneto, even though she actually spent very little time in the villa.


The rich furniture and the extraordinary paintings make the room one of the most amazing of Villa Cerruti.

The Rose Room

The second bedroom on the first floor preserves its original Provençal decor. It owes its name to the rose-patterned paper that once adorned the walls, a trace of which survives today in the curtains.

The Rectangular Room

The refurbishment of some parts of the villa carried out in the mid-1980s.

In this room the fabrics, wallpaper, woodwork and are in Louis XVI style.

The Circular Romm

The Circular Room has the Louis XVI decor room. Gold and blue are the dominant colours, with geometric drapes running around the room, which is taken up in the upholstery of the armchairs and stools.

The Tower Room

The Tower Room should have been the collector’s bedroom, whose location at the top of the tower can be seen as a reference to Porta Palatina, the most metaphysical of Turinese buildings.

Cerruti placed a billiard table in the basement and created an area to accommodate 19th and 20th centuries artworks, ranging from Casorati’s Scherzo: uova, to a large canvas by Vedova.

In the small corridor running parallel to the 19th-century room, Cerruti left chronological coherence to make way for a dialogue with works of the 20th century.

The Fontana Room

The room is named after Lucio Fontana, the author of the slashed canvas of 1965, set in a splendid gilt frame above a Louis XV chest of drawers in lacquered wood.

The "hortus conclusus" or enclosed garden, a place of almost monastic meditation.