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Museo Barracco di Scultura Antica (Italian, Barracco Museum of Antique Sculpture) is a museum in Rome, Italy, featuring a collection of works acquired by the collector Giovanni Barracco, who donated his collection to the City of Rome in 1902.
Museo Barracco di Scultura Antica | |
 The Piccola Farnesina, seat of the museum. | |
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| Established | 1948 |
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| Location | Corso Vittorio Emanuele, 166/A 00186 Rome, Italy |
| Coordinates | 41°53′46″N 12°28′38″E |
| Type | Art museum, Historic site |
| Website | www |
Museum
Among the works are Egyptian, Assyrian, and Phoenician art, as well as Greek sculptures of the classical period. The 400 works of the collection are divided according to the civilization and are displayed in nine rooms, on the first and second floors, while the ground floor contains a small reception area.
First floor
On the first floor Egyptian works are presented in Rooms I and II. Room II includes works from Mesopotamia, including cuneiform tablets of the third millennium BCE and items from neo-Assyrian palaces dating from the ninth and seventh centuries BCE. The third room contains two important Phoenician items together with some Etruscan art, while the fourth displays works from Cyprus.
Second floor
The second floor exhibits classical art. Room V presents original sculptures and copies from the Roman period as well as Greek sculpture of the fifth century BCE. Room VI displays copies of classical and late classical Roman work, along with funerary sculptures from Greece. Rooms VII and VIII, show a collection of Greek and Italic ceramics, and other items, starting from the time of Alexander the Great. The final room shows examples of works from public monuments of the Roman period, together with specimens of medieval art.
Artworks
- Wounded Bitch, a sculpture by Lysippus, Fourth Century BC
External links
- Official website
- "Il Museo Barracco di Scultura Antica" The Museum Volunteers Association in Italian
Media related to Museo Barracco at Wikimedia Commons
| Preceded by Museo Archeologico Ostiense |
Landmarks of Rome Museo Barracco di Scultura Antica |
Succeeded by Museo Civico di Zoologia |
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На других языках
[de] Museo Barracco
Das Museo di scultura antica Giovanni Barracco oder kurz Museo Barracco ist Teil der städtischen Museen Roms und befindet sich im Rione Parione am Corso Vittorio Emanuele II. Es ist untergebracht in der Piccola Farnesina ai Baullari und geht auf eine Schenkung des Baron Giovanni Barracco (1829–1914) zurück, der seine Sammlung an Altertümern 1902 der Stadt Rom übereignete.- [en] Museo Barracco di Scultura Antica
[fr] Musée Barracco
Le musée Barracco est un musée municipal de Rome créé en 1948 dans les murs du palais Barracco. Il abrite des collections de sculptures anciennes des civilisations méditerranéennes et du Proche-Orient données à la municipalité en 1904 par le baron Giovanni Barracco, un intellectuel, mécène et homme politique italien. Le musée est situé sur le Corso Vittorio Emanuele dans le rione de Parione.[it] Museo Barracco
Il Museo di scultura antica Giovanni Barracco fa parte del sistema Musei in Comune di Roma ed è situato nel rione Parione, vicino a Campo de' Fiori. Raccoglie diverse opere di arte classica e del Vicino Oriente, donate al Comune dal barone Giovanni Barracco nel 1904.Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
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