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The Malvagna
Triptych VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
This work by
the Flemish Practical Information
artist Mabuse Via Alloro 4. Map 2 E3. Tel 091-
(1478–1532) 623 00 11. Open 9am–6:30pm
portrays the Tue–Fri, 9am–1pm Sat, Sun &
Virgin and Child hols. Closed Mon. & combined
among angels tickets with Palazzo Mirto
and saints. available. 8 for tours in English
see website. ∑ regione.sicilia.it/
beniculturali/palazzoabatellis/
english/home.htm

Wooden
Crucifix
Palermo artist
Pietro
Ruzzolone
(15th–16th
century)
painted the
Crucifixion
(seen above)
on the front and the risen
First floor Christ on the reverse.

Portrait of a Youth
This work is attributed to
Antonello Gagini (1478–
1536), son of Domenico,
and was once part of
a statue of San Vito in
the Palermo church of the
same name. The facial
features reveal the influence
of Frescesco Laurana.

Ticket office
History of the Palazzo
Palazzo Abatellis was designed in
1490–95 by Matteo Carnalivari for
Francesco Abatellis, the city’s harbour-
master and magistrate, who wanted
Key to Floorplan
to live in a luxurious mansion as
12th-century carvings befitted his social status. He died
14th–15th-century sculptures without leaving an heir, and his
14th–16th-century majolicas mansion was taken over by the
Benedictine order and then by
5th–16th-century sculptures
and paintings the Region of Sicily. It was damaged
in the 1943 bombings and then
13th–16th-century paintings
restored by architect Carlo Scarpa. The loggia
non-exhibition space

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