The Torlonia Collection, housed at the Capitoline Museum in the Villa Caffarelli is truly a spectacular sight. Considered as one of the world’s most important private collections of art, the collection features over ninety sensational sculptures dating back to the fourteenth century. Presented in the form of a story spread out across fourteen sprawling rooms, the exhibition explores the history of the collection of both Roman and Greek marbles, beginning with the opening of the Torlonia Museum in 1875.

As you make your way into the first room within the exhibition, which features numerous torso sculptures from the evocation of Museo Torlonia, you are met with an expansive assortment of incredibly detailed white marble statues. From the fine detailing of the lines carved within the heads to give the effect of life-like curls, to the frown lines displayed on many of the men’s faces, each sculpture is more impressive than the next.