The foundation stone of this temple of Sculpture was laid on 23 April 1816. The construction started thanks to King Ludwig who was great fan of the Greece culture and collected the ancient Greece sculptures.
Ludwig also contrived the word Glyptothek which means “repository of sculpture”. He granted this work to the Leo von Klenze who also built the Alte Pinakothek in Munich.
During the Second World War the Glyptothek was badly damaged. The museum was reopened on 28 April 1972 and now the place where the Greek and Roman sculptures are exhibited.
Below some of the sculptures which you can see at the museum
“Barberini Faun”. About 220 BC. This sculpture was found near the Castel San’t Angelo and for a long time been in the Palazzo Barberini.
Medusa Rondanini. The Medusa Gorgon whose look would turn everybody who gazed at her to the stone.
Bust of Athena. Roman sculpture after the Greek original of about 380 BC
Heard of Ares. Roman sculpture after the Greek original of about 430 BC
Eirene, goddess of peace. Roman sculpture after the original of 370 BC which stood at Agora in Athens
Sculptures from the Temple on Aegina
Alexander the Great. Roman sculpture
Marcus Aurelius. More known as philosopher then the Emperor
