CAPODIMONTE, NATIONAL MUSEUM AND GALLERY OF

Italian Museo E Gallerie Nazionali Di Capodimonte, art museum in Naples, occupying the mid-18th-century Palazzo of Capodimonte. It is composed of the private collections of Charles III, the Bourbon king of Naples and later of Spain. As well as presenting a representative survey of Italian painting from the 13th through the 17th century, the museum maintains collections of arms, armour, gold- and silverwork, and examples of other decorative arts, including Capodimonte porcelain. Its three major divisions are the Museum, the 19th Century Gallery, and the National Gallery.