Bargello Museum

David, bronze sculpture by Donatello, early 15th century; in the Bargello Museum, Florence.

Bargello Museum, art museum established in 1865 and housed in the Palazzo del Bargello (or del Podestà), Florence, which dates from the 13th and 14th centuries. Since 2014 the museum has been the leading institution of the Musei del Bargello, which comprises four other Florentine museums: the Medici Chapel, Orsanmichele, Palazzo Davanzati, and Casa Martelli. The Bargello is especially famous for its collection of Renaissance sculpture, including works by Donatello, Michelangelo, Antonio del Pollaiuolo, Jacopo Sansovino, and Andrea del Verrocchio.

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The Bargello also has a collection of applied arts, with displays of ivories, bronzes, majolica, medals, textiles, arms, and armour. The collection includes works by Luca della Robbia and Benvenuto Cellini.

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