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Roaming around Rome

Palazzo Massimo

An incredible collection of ancient statues, mosaics and coins, housed in a Renaissance palazzo.

Rione: Esquilino

Nearby places

  1. Terme di Diocleziano (271 m)
  2. Termini station (297 m)
  3. Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore (420 m)
  4. Viminal Palace (467 m)
  5. Basilica di Santa Prassede (575 m)

A statue of Minerva in the Palazzo Massimo.

A statue of Augustus in his role as Pontifex Maximus, in the Palazzo Massimo.

One of the daughters of Niobe, plucking one of Apollo and Artemis’s arrows from her back. A Roman statue from c. 440–430 BC.

“The Boxer at Rest”, a Hellenistic bronze from c. 350–50 BC, discovered in 1885 in the foundations of an ancient building on the Quirinal Hill and housed today in the Palazzo Massimo.

A detail from “The Boxer at Rest”, showing the aged boxer’s pained expression, injured face, and cauliflower ears.

A detail from “The Boxer at Rest”, showing boxer’s bound hands.

The Hellenistic Prince, one of two iconic bronzes in the Palazzo Massimo.

A statue in the Palazzo Massimo.

A statue of an unknown philosopher, in the Palazzo Massimo.

Frescoes from the Villa Livia, preserved in the Palazzo Massimo.

Mosaics in the Palazzo Massimo.