The National Museum in Bargello Palace, Florence
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The National Museum of Bargello has an extensive and remarkable collection of paintings and sculptures ensconced in a historic magnificent impressive thirteenth century building with an open courtyard and a grand and lovely external staircase. It has important and famous works of art mainly from the fourteenth and sixteenth century.
It will be very difficult for me to list all the masterpieces in the National Museum of Bargello but I can definitely tell you that this is the place where you can see some of the best of renaissance and gothic art and sculpture. You can find famous sculptures including David by Donatello, surrounded by sculptures of his pupils Settignano and Rossellino. You can also see the panels submitted by Lorenzo Ghiberti and Brunelleschi for the famous competition of 1401 for executing the Baptistery doors. The sculptors of the renaissance are ably represented by Luca dell Robbia, Michelangelo and Verrochio. You can also find famous works by Vincenzo Gemito, Andrea Sansovino, Jacopo Sansovino, Bandinelli and Cellini. The list of famous sculptures is long and fantastic making it a definitely worth a visit for lovers of art and sculpture.
The National Museum of Bargello has also enhanced its collections through the centuries with private collections from the House of Medici as well as from other private benevolent donors. Currently you can find exquisite and notable displays of medals, seals, ancient coins, tapestries, arms and armaments, furniture, waxes, ivory and amber artifacts, medieval glazes,
The National Museum of Bargello has the largest display of gothic and renaissance art and sculpture in