Museum Venanzo Crocetti is a

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museum dedicated to the work of the Italian sculptor Venanzo Crocetti (1913–2003). The museum is located in Rome at Via Cassia, 492.

History

The museum is housed in the building that originally was the main studio of the sculptor.

Organisation

Venanzo Crocetti Museum preserved over a hundred bronzes,

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, paintings, works on paper and documents that span a period of time ranging from 1930 to 1998. Venanzo Crocetti works are in Rome, Brussels, Paris, Bern, Zurich, New York, San Paolo of Brazil, Montreal, Tokyo and Osaka. In 1991, in

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

, the

Hermitage Museum The State Hermitage Museum ( rus, Государственный Эрмитаж, r=Gosudarstvennyj Ermitaž, p=ɡəsʊˈdarstvʲɪn(ː)ɨj ɪrmʲɪˈtaʂ, links=no) is a museum of art and culture in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is the largest ...

has dedicated to the Venanzio Crocetti work a permanent exhibition.The Gates of St Peter’s Cathedral in the 20th Century
Hermitage Museum The Museum Venanzo Crocetti also houses selected

exhibitions.

References

* Ralf van Bühren: ''Kunst und Kirche im 20. Jahrhundert. Die Rezeption des Zweiten Vatikanischen Konzils'' (Konziliengeschichte, Reihe B: Untersuchungen). Paderborn: Ferdinand Schöningh 2008 ()

External links

Museum Venanzo Crocetti Official web site
* Art museums and galleries in Rome Contemporary art galleries in Italy {{Italy-museum-stub