Museo Horne

The Museum of the Horne Foundation originates from the will and testament of Herbert Horne and consists of a rich collection of works of art left to the Italian State together with the palace in which it is contained. Herbert Horne belonged to that group of English-speaking intellectuals deeply marked the Florentine cultural life of the late nineteenth century and the beginning of the next century. Born in London in 1864, architect and man of many interests in arts, from literature to music, he fixed definitively his residence in Florence towards the end of the century to devote himself as a collector and scholar activity. In 1911 Horne purchased the "palagetto 'fifteenth in via dei Benci, dealing with careful philological taste of its restoration in order to create not a museum, but an example of stately home of the Renaissance. The decor of the rooms was completed after his death in 1916, by Count Carlo Gamba and Giovanni Poggi according to the criteria given by the Horne. The collection consists of a valuable collection of paintings, sculptures, ceramics, covered with various items, furniture, plates, seals, fabrics, silverware, household goods, all or for the most part dating from the fourteenth to the sixteenth century.

The Horne Foundation Museum, established secondo the will of Herbert Horne, comprises a rich collection of works of art Which Horne left to the Italian state along with the palace in cui the collection was housed. Herbert Horne was one of a group of Anglo-Saxon intellectuals who had a major impact on cultural life in Florence at the turn of the 19th century. Born in London in 1864, an architect and a man of many interests in the fields of art, literature and music, he took up permanent residence in Florence towards the end of the century in order to pursued as His interests as a scholar and collector. Horne bought this 15th century "palagetto", or small palace, in Via de 'Benci in 1911 and proceeded to restore it with philological precision and taste, His aim being to create not so much a museum as a perfect example of the kind of dwelling in cui at Renaissance noble or wealthy merchant would have lived. The furnishing of the rooms was completed after His death in 1916 by Count Carlo Gamba and Giovanni Poggi, who diligently executed the instructions That Horne had personally imparted to them. The museum houses a unique and extremely valuable collection of paintings, sculptures, ceramics, goldsmith's work and other artefacts, furniture, plaquettes, seals, fabrics, cutlery and a variety of household and kitchen utensils dating back mayoritariamente from the 14th to 16th centuries.