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2 Capitoline Museums: Palazzo
dei Conservatori

The Palazzo dei Conservatori was the seat Burial and Glory
of the city’s magistrates during the late of St. Petronilla
This huge Baroque
Middle Ages. Its frescoed halls are still used altarpiece was painted
occasionally for political meetings and the in 1622–3 by Guercino
first floor houses the municipal registry to hang in St. Peter’s.
office. The palazzo was built by Giacomo
della Porta, who carried out Michelangelo’s
designs for the Piazza del Campidoglio in
the mid-16th century. While much of the
palazzo is given over to sculpture, the art 28
galleries on the third floor hold works 30
by Veronese, Guercino, Tintoretto, Rubens,
Caravaggio, Van Dyck, and Titian. 29
27
31
m
28A
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25
Third-floor art 24
gallery

. St. John the e 34
Baptist
Painted in 1595–6,
Caravaggio’s sensual 21b
portrait of the young
saint presents a
highly unorthodox e
image of the Stairs to 21a
forerunner of Christ. 22c
third floor
Museum Guide and first 22d
floor
The second-floor rooms have original 16th- and
17th-century decor ation and Classical statues.
The third-floor gallery holds paintings and
a porcelain collection. Rooms 13 and 14 are Stairs to third 4 23 Courtyard
used as temporary exhibition space. floor
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The Horatii and Curatii
D’Arpino’s fresco was painted in 5
1613 and depicts a duel taken
from early Roman legend.

Main entrance
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Key to Floorplan
Facade of Palazzo dei Conservatori Exhibition space
Work began on this Michelangelo design Non-exhibition space
in 1563, the year before his death.

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