Day 14 - Rome Capitoline Museum

March 24, 2019

According to Wikipedia the Musei Capitolini is considered to be the first museum in the world and dates back to the 1400's. However, it was not open to the public until 1734.  The museum is referred to in the plural as there are three buildings of varying ages.

Somewhere on the way to the museum we stopped to listen to this street musician.

This is the front of the main building, the Palazzo dei Conservatori.

The statues out front are impressive.

I took my best shot of the European Blackbird here:

This is a statue of Constantine, the great conqueror from 300 AD.

This explains the following photo featuring another bust of Constantine:

And here she is:

After doing some research I found that this is a theatre mask. 

The next area was a chapel:

Here's a nice chandelier:

The next two paintings are of Hannibal, famous for crossing the Alps.

This is a statue of Pope Innocent X (the tenth). Doth he protest too much?

The Wolf mother of Romulus and Remus was a popular theme in the museum.

I'm not sure what the subject was in this mural, but it was too good to not include here.

This is Pope Urbano VIII, although it looks a lot like the photo above of the other pope.

More of the Wolf myth:

Here's a painting of the two sons of the wolf:

This appears to be an ancient Duck Statue.

I don't have any notes on this interesting statue, I call it the bottle statue.

Another couple of statues of Constantine the Conqueror

This is a statue of the Greek satyr Marsyas.

This is Hercules in his youth:

And finally, I'm not sure how this fits in, but it was the last shot I took in the Museum.

This completed our Sunday morning, the next post shows highlights of the afternoon in Rome.