Palazzo Nuovo, Capitoline Museum, Piazza del Campidoglio, Rome, seen from across the piazza with a bronze equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius marking the centre Architect/Designer Rainaldi, Carlo (1611-1691) Rainaldi, Girolamo (1570-1655) Michelangelo (1475-1564) Artist/Photographer Bissell, Gerhard Country Italy City Rome Subject Date 1655 Image Date 2007 View Exterior Style Renaissance Medium Digital image Library Reference MG 4260 Orientation Landscape Colour Info Colour Credit Gerhard Bissell / RIBA Collections Subject Museums ; Town planning ; Statues ; Squares ; Sculpture
NOTES: The Palazzo Nuovo, which houses part of the Capitoline Museum, was built 1603-1655 by Girolamo Rainaldo and his son Carlo to Michelangel's design of 1536. It is a mirror-image of the Palazzo dei Conservatori on the opposite side of the square built 1564-1575 by Gicacomo della Porta, also to Michelangelo's design.
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