February 16, 2006
Palazzo Massimo
The palace was built in 1887 by architect Camillo Pistrucci according to the wish of Jesuit Massimiliano Massimo (1849-1911) who destined it for the seat of Jesuit scholastic institute which was conducted before 1870 in Collegio Romano.
Palazzo Massimo was restored as the new seat of the Museo Nazionale Romano, which was located before in the seat of Baths of Diocletian. Some of the most important sculptures are exhibited in the Octagonal Hall of the Baths of Diocletian, and others have been left in the Museo Nazionale Romano in the Baths of Diocletian (see F14 and F13b).
The museum contains: art from the time of Sulla to Augustus, including portraits, and some Greek originals;a colossal statue of Minerva (1st century b.C.); male portraits from Palestrina and Mentana; statue of a general from Tivoli; mosaic pavement (1st century b.C.); portraits of Romans close to Augustus or members of his family; numismatic display, with coins arranged chronologically from the 7th century b.C. to 68 A.D.; statue of Augustus as Pontifex Maximus; frescoes from the Columbarium on the Esquiline Hill; Ludovisi Throne, considered to be a Greek original of the 5th century b.C. found in the Villa Ludovisi; Daughter of Niobe, a Greek original of the 5th century b.C.; Peplophoros, a Greek original of the 5th century b.C. found in Piazza Barberini; neo-Attic works including Athene, Aphrodite, and a Muse holding a tragic mask; decorative relieves; sculptures found in the Imperial villas; Maiden of Anzio, a Greek original masterpiece dating from the 4th century b.C.; Ephebus of Subiaco, a Roman copy of an original of the 4th century b.C.; portraits found in Hadrian's Villa outside Tivoli; busts of emperors; female portraits of the 3rd -4th centuries A.D.; wall-paintings and mosaics; stuccoed and
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