opposite Marble head of the god Apollo (Kassel type) found during excavations for the construction of the Opera House on the Viminal Hill in Rome. Roman copy of a mid-5th-century BC original attributed to Phidias.

Museo Barracco: a head for sculpture

Having brought together ancient Roman, Greek, Egyptian, and Mesopotamian artefacts to create a museum of comparative sculpture, Baron Giovanni Barracco gave his collection of antiquities to the city of Rome in 1902. Now housed in a 16th-century palace in the Italian capital, the little-known Museo Barracco showcases ancient artistry and the activities of collectors, both at the turn of the century and in ancient Rome. Dalu Jones is our guide.

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Minerva Magazine

April 19, 2022

In the spring and summer of 1860, Giuseppe Garibaldi swept through Sicily and southern Italy. He overthrew Francesco II, the Bourbon King of the Two Sicilies, and incorporated these territories into a unified Italian kingdom ruled by the Piedmontese king Vittorio Emanuele II of Savoy. The great southern landlords had to choose a side. Marble head of the god Apollo (Kassel type) found during excavations for the construction of the Opera House on the Viminal Hill in Rome. Roman copy of a mid-5th-century BC original attributed to Phidias. IMAGE: Museo di Scultura Antica Giovanni Barracco, Sovrintendenza Capitolina ai Beni Culturali. These events form the backdrop to Giuseppe Tomasi di Lam

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