Museo Comunale Of Rieti
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The Museo Civico di Rieti is the town art and archeology museum located in the Palazzo Communale or former town hall of
Rieti Rieti (; lat, Reate, Sabino: ) is a town and ''comune'' in Lazio, central Italy, with a population of 47,700. It is the administrative seat of the province of Rieti and see of the diocese of Rieti, as well as the modern capital of the Sabina re ...
in the region of Lazio, Italy. The painting and art section is located at Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II #1, and the archeologic section at Via S. Anna #4.


History

The impetus for the museum arose in the 19th century and centered around the ancient inscriptions that had been collected in the town hall. After the suppression of many of the religious institutions, the collection was enriched with many works of art, exhibited since 1865 in the halls of the Convent of Sant'Agostino of Rieti. From 1909, they were exhibited in the town hall. The collection includes works of art from Zanino di Pietro,
Luca di Tommè Luca di Tommè (or Luca Thome) (c. 1330–1389) was an Italian painter active between 1356 and 1389 in Siena. He worked in the style established by earlier Sienese painters Duccio, Simone Martini, Pietro Lorenzetti and Ambrogio Lorenzetti. More t ...
, Antoniazzo Romano, and
Antonino Calcagnadoro Antonino Calcagnadoro (February 12, 1876 – 1935) was an Italian painter. Biography Born in Rome, he initially trained with his father, an ornamental painter. He then studied at the Institute of Fine Arts in Rome (1894–1898). He often paint ...
. In addition, there is a large local archeological collection.


References

Museums in Lazio Art museums and galleries in Lazio Art museums established in 1905 1905 establishments in Italy {{italy-museum-stub