The National Museum of Capodimonte

Some pictures from the National Museum of Capodimonte in Naples, Italy.

Kid's playing soccer in front of the Capodimonte Museum.

A bust from the Roman era.

A painting by El Greco.

A vase from the Napoleonic Era. This would be like if Barack Obama had a vase made with his face on it today--kind of cheesy.

This place was a palace before it was a museum.

Amazing detail in this room.

An interior as it would have looked.

A painting by a Dutch artist (I'm not sure which one; if you know please tell me).

A painting by Titian of The Farnese Pope Paul III. This entire collection is called the Farnese Collection because it was owned by the Farnese family.

According to the audio guide, this painting, Antea by Il Parmigianino, is the most important work in the Farnese Collection.

An interior shot. It really is a beautiful, well-done museum.

And to prove I was there, here I am in front of a painting by Atimesia Gentileschi called Giuditta e Oloferne. Having been raised in the Protestant tradition, I was unfamiliar with the story of Giuditta and Oloferne. Catholics will recognize the story of Judith and Holofernes from the Book of Judith, part of the Catholic Bible.