Musei Reali di Torino.

Musei Reali di Torino - Royal Palace Turin, Città metropolitana di Torino, Piemonte, Repubblica Italiana.

Royal Armory.
   The idea of ​​creating a museum dedicated to weapons dates back to the end of 1832, when Carlo Alberto, founder of the Royal Pinacoteca, began collecting his own weapons in the Beaumont Gallery, now cleared of the large canvases that adorned the walls of the Savoy.

   The organization was entrusted to Vittorio Seyssel d'Aix, captain of the artillery and the first director of the "Ancient and Modern Arsenal," which opened in 1837. The objects initially came from the arsenals of Turin and Genoa and from the collections of the Museum of Antiquities. They were supplemented by examples acquired on the antiques market, including the important collection of the Milanese stage designer Alessandro Sanquichico (1833) and the outstanding collection belonging to the Brescia family of Martinengo della Fabbrica (1839). In 1840, the museum was provided with its first catalogue, which described 1,554 objects and contained a series of lithographic reproductions useful for facilitating their study and promotion.

   In 1842, the Rotunda's spaces were expanded to include the Beaumont Gallery, designed by Pelagio Palaghi and intended to house the most recent collections of the Museo Carlo Albertino, including the collection of oriental weaponry. This section was further enriched after 1878 by the donation of the personal collections of Carlo Alberto and Vittorio Emanuele II.

The museum displays the works of famous masters:

Anton Peffenhauser, Augsburg, Germany.

Giovanni Paolo Negroli, Milan, Italy.

Desiderius Helmschmidt, Augsburg, Germany.

Kolman Helmschmidt, Augsburg, Germany.

Pompeo della Cesa, Milan, Italy.