Capitoline Museums

These two museums designed by Michelangelo, face one another across the Capitol square.

Palazzo Nuovo, first opened to the public in 1734 by Pope Clement XII houses a fine selection of Greek and Roman sculptures. Palazzo dei Conservatori contains the art galleries located on the second floor, with works by Veronese, Tintoretto, Caravaggio, Van Dyck and Titian.

This statue is considered to be one of the most beautiful sculptures of antiquity: the Dying Galatian.

It is a Rome copy of a Greek work of art, around the 3rd. century BC. In this representation of a dying warrior, the artist captures the moment that all men experience as one faces death.

St. John the Baptist: By Caravaggio 1595.

The sensual portrait of the young Saint is a highly unorthodox image of Christ forerunner.