There is just a lot of beautiful art there and laid out with lots of space. It’s free to local residence once a month but they didn’t ask me for ID. They had two paintings by El Greco who I love. I found the spot from the movie Vertigo which I really wanted to do. And all sorts of other works, delighted me, but the real highlight was the docent led tour which I believe happens every day.
margatemensch2016
07 Apr 2025
The California Palace of the Legion of Honor is a fine art museum which features European Paintings and fine sculpture by Auguste Rodin.My review emphasizes its fine ,but not encyclopedic collection of Italian Paintings.
From the Italian Medieval Period,14th Century,I appreciated fine paintings using tempera and gold leaf on wood panel by Luca di Tomme("Crucifixion",Sienese),Ugolino di Nerio("Saint Louis of Toulouse",Sienese),Bernardo Daddi("Crowned Martyred Saint,Florentine),Lorenzo di Niccolo("Saint Paul"),and Bicci Di Lorenzo("Saint Stephan and Saint Anthony").
From the Renaissance Period,I saw fine paintings worthy of approbation by Giovanni Dal Ponte,Bartolomeo Vivarini,and Fra Angelico.These painters produced their paintings in the Early Renaissance Period I also relished splendid later Italian Renaissance Period Paintings by Cesare Da Sesto,Rafaelino Del Garbo,Jacopo Dei Sellaio,and Giovanni da Cima Conegliano,All of these later Renaissance works had landscapes in the background
The Legion of Honor has fine Baroque Period Italian Paintings which employed Tenebrism to perfection by Guercino("Samson and The Honeycomb"),Luca Giordano,Jiusseppe Ribera,and Massimo Stanzione.
When you visit the Legion of Honor,I hope you enjoy their 14th,15th,16th,and 17th Century Italian Paintings as much as I did.The Legion of Honor has a marvelous collection of sculpture by Auguste Rodin,but that is a subject of a future review.
We went on a Saturday afternoon. 4:00pm every Saturday they have a free Organ concert in the Museum. It is a beautiful museum, and the organ is spectacular. If you want a free activity on Saturday afternoon, and you like organ music, you will not be disappointed!