Museum Venanzo Crocetti is a contemporary art 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, marbles, 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, the Hermitage Museum 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 contemporary art 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
Web gallery of Venanzio Crocetti sculpture