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Day 18 - galleria d'Arte Moderna

21/8/2012

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Milan's modern art gallery is housed in a splendid Neo-Classical villa built by the Austrian architect Leopold Pollack in 1790 for Count Ludovico Barbiamo di Belgioioso. It was lived in by Napoleon in 1802. The top attraction here is the dining room with a Parnassus by Appiani. The painting I liked best was "The Girl" by Francesco Hayez. It was too hot to take photos of the villa from the outside and again no photos inside.
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Front entrance to villa from upstairs window
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Hurried photo of dining room.
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Even a more hurried shot
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"The Girl" by Hayez - for me the best item in the whole collection.
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Debra
21/8/2012 06:41:23 pm

Lovely painting of the girl and all the flowers.
Why the rush with the photos of the chandeliers? Still they look very impressive.

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Darrel Surman
22/8/2012 05:29:41 am

Wasn't supposed to take photos - staff everywhere. Still I managed a couple. Had to visit "The Girl" several times as someone was always guarding it. Perseverance is a virtue eh? Fortunately these iPhones take a fair photo and in darkened churches better than my proper camera.

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