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Munich
Glyptothek
Preserves and presents Greek and Roman sculpture and related antiquities and supports research teaching and public engagement with ancient art
Commissioned by King Ludwig the First as the first public museum in Munich to house his collection of classical sculpture rebuilt after war damage and restored as a key antiquities museum
Barberini Faun Roman copy of Greek original Medusa Rondanini Aegina temple pediment sculptures Roman portraits of emperors including Augustus and Hadrian Athena statues reliefs from Roman sarcophagi mythological group sculptures and grave steles
Several hundred sculptures and reliefs plus smaller objects
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