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National Museum of Palazzo Venezia
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October 6, 2019
The National Museum of the Palazzo di Venezia is a state museum in Rome, housed in the palace of the same name, which also houses the important library of archeology and art history. The Museum preserves paintings by artists such as Beato Angelico, Giorgione (Double portrait, around 1502), Giotto, Benozzo Gozzoli, Guercino, Carlo Maratta, Pisanello (Head of a woman), Guido Reni, Giorgio Vasari, Alessandro Algardi, Gian Lorenzo Bernini; besides pastels, sculptures, bronzes, majolica, terracotta, western and oriental porcelain, medals, seals, furniture, weapons, ivories, silver, glass, enamels, fabrics and tapestries. It houses about 3,000 works from the Wurts Collection, made up of George Washington Wurts and Henrietta Tower and donated to the Italian State upon their death in 1933. A lapidary is set up in the external loggia (Giardino di Paolo II). It also hosts temporary exhibitions.
The National Museum of the Palazzo di Venezia is a state museum in Rome, housed in the palace of the same name, which also houses the important library of archeology and art history. The Museum preserves paintings by artists such as Beato Angelico, Giorgione (Double portrait, around 1502), Giotto,…
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118 Piazza di S. Marco
Roma, Lazio