THE PRESIDENT
Cav. GIULIO OMETTO

Giulio Ometto is born in Legnago (Verona) on the 10th September 1942. When he was very young he moved with his family to Bra (Cuneo).

He attended to his studies in Turin and in that period his interest for antiquities grew; he deepened this inclination attending museums, foundations and meeting in 1963 Pietro Accorsi, in occasion of the baroque exhibition. For 19 years he collaborated with the antique dealer and in particular, he deepened his knowledge of the XVII century art.

After Pietro Accorsi’s death, on the 26th October 1982, it has been constituted the 25th January 1983 the “Pietro Accorsi Foundation” of which Giulio Ometto is the President of the Directive and Artistic Committee.

Indefatigable animator of the Foundation, he enhanced the memory and the diffusion of the great Turinese antique dealer image and, in these last years, he’s been working to the “Decorative Arts Museum”, that finds right collocation in part of the 2000 mq of the palace, seat of the Foundation.