PALAZZO ABATELLIS AND REGIONAL GALLERY OF SICILY
PRESENTATION
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This austere, elegant edifice was built between 1490 and 1495 by Matteo Carnelivari for the rich, influential Francesco Abatellis, Port Master of the Kingdom of Sicily, on the main road of the...
TRIUMPH OF DEATH
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The large fresco depicts the grim subject of the Triumph of Death, a very common theme in the Middle Ages when there were no cures for the numerous outbreaks of plague.
The fresco was painted around...
ROOM TEN VIRGIN ANNUNCIATE
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The Virgin Annunciate is a small oil on wood painted around 1477 by the Sicilian artist Antonello da Messina, one of the finest painters of the Renaissance. Antonello’s innovative style in this...
