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Musei Capitolini | |
 The Capitoline Museums in Rome in 2007 | |
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| Established | 1734 open to public, 1471 bronzes donated by Pope Sixtus IV to the people of Rome |
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| Location | Capitoline Hill, Piazza del Campidoglio 1, 00186 Rome, Italy |
| Coordinates | 41°53′35″N 12°28′58″E / 41.8931°N 12.4828°E |
| Type | Archaeology, art museum, historic site |
| Director | Claudio Parisi Presicce |
| Website | museicapitolini.org |
The Capitoline Museums (Italian: Musei Capitolini) are a group of art and archaeological museums in Piazza del Campidoglio, on top of the Capitoline Hill in Rome, Italy. The historic seats of the museums are Palazzo dei Conservatori and Palazzo Nuovo, facing on the central trapezoidal piazza in a plan conceived by Michelangelo in 1536 and executed over a period of more than 400 years.[1][2] The Capitoline Museums, known for its exhibitions of works related to the history of ancient Rome and the Capitoline Hill, which was the political and religious center of the city,[3] express the greatness of Roman civilization and its precious legacy that helped influence modern Western civilization.
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The museums display works from the ancient world (Greek, Roman, Etruscan and Egyptian), the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. They house masterpieces such as the Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius, the Capitoline Wolf, the Dying Gaul, the Bust of Medusa by Bernini, ancient sculptures, paintings (with works by artists such as Caravaggio, Titian, Pietro da Cortona, Guercino, Velázquez, Rubens), coins, jewelry and archaeological finds.
The Capitoline Museum was established in 1471 under the observation of Pope Sixtus IV,[4] who donated to the city a collection of important bronzes from the Lateran (including the Capitoline Wolf, the Boy with Thorn, the Bronze colossus of Constantine and the Camillus), which he had placed in the courtyard of the Palazzo dei Conservatori and in Piazza del Campidoglio.
In 1734 Pope Clement XII purchased the prestigious collection of antiquities of Cardinal Alessandro Albani, which was about to be purchased by English collectors, and opened the museum to the public, making it the oldest public museum in the world, the first place in the world that allowed ordinary people to enjoy art.[5][6][7]
- ^ Morgan, Charles H. (1966). The Life of Michelangelo. New York: Reynal and Company. pp. 209–211.
- ^ Decker, Heinrich (1969). The Renaissance in Italy: Architecture • Sculpture • Frescoes. Viking Press. p. 283. ISBN 9780500231074.
- ^ ""Campidoglio" accessed march 23, 2012". Archived from the original on December 29, 2019. Retrieved March 30, 2012.
- ^ "Museum History". Musei Capitolini.
- ^ "The Oldest Museums Around the World". Google Arts and Culture.
- ^ * Lo Stato dell’Arte - L’Arte dello Stato, Gangemi Editore (p. 47) ISBN 9788849280852;
- C. Parisi Presicce, Nascita e fortuna del Museo Capitolino, in Roma e l'antico, realtà e visione del '700, Milano 2010;
- ^ Daylight openings in art museum galleries : A link between art and the outdoor environment. Chrysavgi Iordanidou. 2017. Retrieved 2023-08-16.