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The oldest public museum in the world, founded in 1471 by Pope Sixtus IV, occupies the Palazzo dei Conservatori and Palazzo Nuovo based on a design by Michelangelo and realized between the XVI and XVII centuries. After enhancements and restorations in the following centuries, these Capitoline Museums now host a spectacular collection of Roman statuary and an art gallery with works from the XV to XVIII centuries. www.museicapitolini.org
Spinario (Boy Extracting a Thorn),
original late-Hellinistic, I cen. BC, bronze
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