Museum installation of Palazzo Abatellis, Palermo, Sicily: rear view of the marble bust of Eleanor of Aragon framed by the entrance arch to the Laurana Gallery Architect/Designer Laurana, Francesco (c.1430-1502) Scarpa, Carlo (1906-1978) Artist/Photographer ORCH Orsenigo-Chemollo Country Italy City Palermo Subject Date 1954 Image Date 2007 View Interior Style Modern Movement Medium Digital image Orientation Landscape Colour Info Colour Credit ORCH Chemollo / RIBA Collections Subject Art objects ; Monasteries & convents ; Stone ; Arches ; Statues ; Museums ; Marble ; Restoration ; Conversion of buildings ; Entrances
NOTES: Palazzo Abatellis was built in Catalonian Gothic style between 1490 and 1526 by Matteo Carnelivari. It was a Dominican priory from 1523 until 1943 when the arcade, the portico, the south-west wing, and the western tower were destroyed by a bomb. Carlo Scarpa recuperated the structure to house the Sicilian Regional Gallery in 1953-1954. The bust of Elenor of 'Aragon was executed by the Dalmatian-born sculptor Francesco Laurana, also known as Frane Vranjanin.
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