The Museo Horne is a museum focusing on art and furnishings of the 14th and 15th centuries, located in the former Palazzo Corsi, on via de' Benci number 6 in

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History of the Palazzo Corsi-Horne

Buildings at the site were known from the early 14th century. In 1489, the site with large house was ceded by the Alberti family to Simone and Luigi di Jacopo Corsi. Over the period of 1495–1502, the structure was rebuilt with designs attributed to either

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or more likely

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with the sculptural help of the studio/followers of

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or Benedetto da Rovezzano. In 1911, the architect and art historian

Herbert Percy Horne Herbert Percy Horne (1864 in London – 1916 in Florence, Italy) was an English poet, architect, typographer and designer, art historian and antiquarian. He was an associate of the Rhymers' Club in London. He edited the magazines '' The Century ...

acquired the Palazzo Corsi on via de' Benci, in order to house his early Renaissance collections. He willed his collections and the palace to the state, with the stipulation that it be made into a museum and foundation.The table below and some of the content in this edit is translated from the existing Italian Wikipedia article at :it:Museo Horne; see its history for attribution.

Catalogue of works on display

History of the Palazzo Corsi-Horne

Catalogue of works on display

References

Further reading