Detail View: Archivision Base to Module 9: Palazzo del Bargello
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Preferred Title:
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Palazzo del Bargello
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Alternate Title:
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Museo Nazionale del Bargello
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Image View:
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First floor loggia, general view from west
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Creator:
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unknown (Italian)
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Location:
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site: Florence, Tuscany, Italy
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Date:
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1859 (alteration); begun 1255 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Italian
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Style Period:
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Medieval
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Work Type 1:
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official residence
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Work Type 2:
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art museum
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Work Type 3:
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legislative building
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Classification:
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architecture
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Material:
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stone; terra cotta
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Technique:
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construction (assembling)
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Subjects:
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architectural exteriors; Art museums
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Description:
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The massive Palazzo del Bargello was begun in 1255 and was the seat of the Podestà from 1261. In 1574 it became the headquarters of the Bargello (the chief of police) and subsequently parts of the interior were converted into prison cells. A programme to restore the building was begun in 1857 and two years later, after the collapse of the grand duchy of Tuscany, one of the first acts of the provisional government was to establish a new museum in it for post-Antique works of art other than painting. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/)
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Collection:
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Archivision Base Collection
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Identifier:
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1A2-I-F-B-D1
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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