Bargello Museum
Bargello Museum
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Via del Proconsolo, 50122 Firenze, Italia
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The Palazzo del Capitano del Popolo, later known as “Bargello” (for the chief of police whose residence it was) dates from the XIII century and is the home of one most important sculpture collections in Italy. After taking a good look at the beautiful courtyard with its rich artworks, and the Medieval section (with pieces by Tino da Camaino and Arnolfo) we enter the room that houses the sixteenth century sculptures. It is dominated by Michelangelo’s works (the classic-style Bacchus, the marble bas-relief of the Virgin and Child known as the Tondo Pitti, the bust of Brutus, and the Apollino and those of other Mannerist sculptors such as Cellini (models for the Perseus and the original base of the statue, the bust of Cosimo I, Narcissus, and Ganymede). Ammannati and Bandinelli. Here we can also admire Giambologna’s Winged Mercury. His series of bronze animals for the Villa di Castello is in the balcony from where we reach the large fourteenth century room on the first floor. Here is a truly extraordinary collection of works by Donatello: the St. George (from the church of Orsanmichele and the prototype for many Renaissance sculptures), two statues of David (one in bronze and the other in marble), the Marzocco (a fine copy stands outside Palazzo Vecchio). And there are pieces by Ghiberti and Brunelleschi, the two panels made for the 1404 competition for the north door of the Baptistry, plus a series of outstanding sculptures by Desiderio da Settignano and Luca della Robbia. Beyond the rooms dedicated to Andrea and Giovanni Della Robbia, late fifteenth century sculpture is represented by Verrocchio (Lady with Primroses, that his apprentice Leonardo da Vinci may have also worked on, and the bronze David), A. Rossellino, A. Pollaiolo, Mino da Fiesole and Laurana. Bernini’s small masterpiece, Costanza Bonarelli is one of the finest seventeenth century sculptures. The museum has a rich and very fine collection of weapons, bronzes, majolicas, ivories and other examples of the minor arts.
museums
Via del Proconsolo, 50122 Firenze, Italia
Show on map
The Palazzo del Capitano del Popolo, later known as “Bargello” (for the chief of police whose residence it was) dates from the XIII century and is the home of one most important sculpture collections in Italy. After taking a good look at the beautiful courtyard with its rich artworks, and the Medieval section (with pieces by Tino da Camaino and Arnolfo) we enter the room that houses the sixteenth century sculptures. It is dominated by Michelangelo’s works (the classic-style Bacchus, the marble bas-relief of the Virgin and Child known as the Tondo Pitti, the bust of Brutus, and the Apollino and those of other Mannerist sculptors such as Cellini (models for the Perseus and the original base of the statue, the bust of Cosimo I, Narcissus, and Ganymede). Ammannati and Bandinelli. Here we can also admire Giambologna’s Winged Mercury. His series of bronze animals for the Villa di Castello is in the balcony from where we reach the large fourteenth century room on the first floor. Here is a truly extraordinary collection of works by Donatello: the St. George (from the church of Orsanmichele and the prototype for many Renaissance sculptures), two statues of David (one in bronze and the other in marble), the Marzocco (a fine copy stands outside Palazzo Vecchio). And there are pieces by Ghiberti and Brunelleschi, the two panels made for the 1404 competition for the north door of the Baptistry, plus a series of outstanding sculptures by Desiderio da Settignano and Luca della Robbia. Beyond the rooms dedicated to Andrea and Giovanni Della Robbia, late fifteenth century sculpture is represented by Verrocchio (Lady with Primroses, that his apprentice Leonardo da Vinci may have also worked on, and the bronze David), A. Rossellino, A. Pollaiolo, Mino da Fiesole and Laurana. Bernini’s small masterpiece, Costanza Bonarelli is one of the finest seventeenth century sculptures. The museum has a rich and very fine collection of weapons, bronzes, majolicas, ivories and other examples of the minor arts.