Crucifix and Lament over the Dead Christ by Jusepe de Ribeira and his school Mary Magdalene by Andrea Vaccaro Three Kings by Simone de Wobreck St Januarius attributed to Francesco Solimena Sala This room houses 18th century works: Coronation of Saint Agatha, Death of Saint Joseph and Saint Francesco Caracciolo, oil sketches by Marcello Leopardi Martyrdom of Saint Agatha, oil sketch by Mariano Rossi. Still Life with Fruit and a Landscape and Still Life with Fruit and a Fountain by Aniello Ascione. Landscape with Ruins, anonymous west Italian painter, one of five paintings from Villa Scabrosa; a pair withNaval Battle Woman Selling Fish by Giuseppe Bonino (1760) Kneeling Aphrodite, statue by a central Italian artist in classical style Mary Magdalene, attributed to Guglielmo Borremans St Agatha Before Quintianus, wax sculpture St Agatha Crowned in Prison, wax sculpture door sculpture in the style of the Gagini family Portrait of Prior Placido Scammacca, shown holding an ancient Greek vase Birth of Venus, small painting by Michele Rocca Birth of Adonis, small painting Michele Rocca Sala Michele Rapisardi As its name suggests this room mainly displays paintings by Michele Rapisardi, including his The Sicilian Vespers, Head of Ofelia Pazza, a self-portrait and a study for Vespers. It also houses works by Natale Attanasio (Sunt Lacrima Rerum, best known as "Le Pazze"; Women in the Fields; Tasso and Cardinal d'Este) and Bernardo Celentano (Provenzan Salvani in the piazza del Campo). Second floor Sala This houses several 19th century portraits by Rapisarda, Giuseppe Rapisardi, Giuseppe Sciuti, Natale Attanasio, Calcedonio Reina, Francesco Lojacono, Pasquale Liotta, Domenico Morelli, Alessandro Abate, Antonino Gandolfo and Giuseppe Gandolfo, along with a number of 18th century Chinese vases, violins produced by Andrea Amati, Caltagirone ceramics, 17th century bronze statuettes of Venus and Vulcan and an 18th-century bronze statuette of Perseus. Open space This large room houses temporary exhibitions as well as sculptures, bas-reliefs, inscriptions from Certosa di Nuovaluce and an urn by the Gaginian school. A room beside it houses some of the numismatic collection and the whole Fondo Sebastiano Ittar, including engravings by Ittar showing studies of monuments and works of art in Catania. References Ursino Royal residences in the Kingdom of Sicily Buildings and structures in Catania Museums in Sicily Local museums in Italy 13th-century establishments in Italy Defunct prisons in Italy Medieval Italian architecture