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Giorgio De Chirico House

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The Giorgio de Chirico House Museum (Casa Museo Giorgio de Chirico) is a house museum in the 16th century Palazzetto del Borgognoni at Piazza di Spagna 31 in Rome. The house was acquired by Giorgio de Chirico in 1948. It was left to the state by his widow and opened as an art museum dedicated to his work in 1998. Only open by appointment, it is open on Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and the last Sunday of the month. The nearest Metro stop is Spagna.

It houses numerous works belonging to the Giorgio e Isa de Chirico Foundation, mostly executed by the artist during the last 30 years of his life, including:

- Ritratto di Isa con testa di Minerva, 1944

- Interno metafisico con nudo anatomico, 1968

- Pianto d'amore (Ettore e Andromaca), 1974