Museum installation of Palazzo Abatellis, Palermo, Sicily: the bust of Eleanor of Aragon in the Laurana Gallery
Architect/Designer | Laurana, Francesco (c.1430-1502) |
| Scarpa, Carlo (1906-1978) |
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Artist/Photographer | ORCH Orsenigo-Chemollo |
Country | Italy |
City | Palermo |
Subject Date | 1954 |
Image Date | 2007 |
View | Interior |
Style | Modern Movement |
Medium | Digital image |
Orientation | Portrait |
Colour Info | Colour |
Credit | ORCH Chemollo / RIBA Collections |
Subject | Conversion of buildings ; Art objects ; Marble ; Monasteries & convents ; Museums ; Restoration ; Sculpture |
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 marble bust of Eleanor of Aragon was executed by the Dalmatian-born sculptor Francesco Laurana, also known as Frane Vranjanin.
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