art and artifacts

page from a sixteenth century travel journal,
unknown author

detail from "Cupid and Psyche" fresco

portrait of Filamena Ziani

La Via dell' Amante, first edition

Here are a few items from the Museum's collection. To view and learn about each object, click here .

"Love is the joy of the good,  the wonder of
the wise, the amazement of the gods."

—Plato

ariadne and dionysus

Click here to read the love story of Ariadne and Dionysus from The Lover's Path Tarot