Museo Civico, Viterbo Explained
| Museo Civico di Viterbo/ Museo Luigi Rossi Danielli |
| Established: | 1955 |
| Location: | Piazza Francesco Crispi #13, Viterbo, region of Lazio, Italy |
| Type: | Art and Archeology museum |
Museo Civico di Viterbo (Italian for Civic Museum of Viterbo) is an archeologic and art museum located on Piazza Francesco Crispi #13 in Viterbo, region of Lazio, Italy. The museum is housed in the former 12th-century convent adjacent to the church of Santa Maria della Verità in the center of town.
History
The museum was founded in 1955, and since 2011 has been dedicated to Luigi Rossi Danielli, an architect from Viterbo. Around the cloister are a series of Etruscan sarcophagi from 4th to 3rd century BCE coming from tombs in Musarna, Cipollaretta, Norchia and Castel d’Asso. In the museum are also terracotta sarcophagi from the Etruscan town of Surina and the ancient Sarcophagus of Bella Galiana. There is also an archeologic collection from Musarna, Ferento, and San Giuliano, and donated in 1912 to his native city by Luigi Rossi Danielli.
The first floor houses the Pinacoteca or Art Gallery, established in the nineteenth century. It contains the artworks expropriated to the Church as a result of the law applied between 1870 and 1874.
Collections
Among the works on display are:[1]
- Madonna and Child, painted for the church of Almadiani
- Sphinx sculpture (1296) realized by Pasquale Romano.
- Two medieval forgeries, Marmo Osiriano (15th century) and the Decree of Desiderius by Annius of Viterbo
- Mystical Marriage of St Catherine (15th-century) by Pancrazio Jacovetti da Calvi, painted for the adjacent church of Santa Maria della Verità.
- Deposition by Costantino di Jacopo Zelli, painted for the adjacent church of Santa Maria della Verità.
- Pietà (1516 - 1517) and Flagellation (1524) by Sebastiano del Piombo
- Bust of Saint John the Baptist and lunette with Madonna and Child with Angels by studio of Andrea della Robbia.
- Nativity with St John the Baptist and St Bartholomew (1488) by Antonio del Massaro (Il Pastura), commissioned for the Guzzi family chapel in the adjacent church of Santa Maria della Verità.
- Enthroned Madonna and Child by Francesco d’Antonio Zacchi (Il Balletta).
- Madonna and Child by Antoniazzo Romano
- Madonna and Child attributed to Vitale da Bologna
- St Bernardino and Angels by Sano di Pietro.
- Adoration of the Magi by Cesare Nebbia
- Death of the Virgin and St Sebastian by Aurelio Lomi Incredulity of St Thomas (1636-37) attributed to Salvator Rosa painted for the Chapel of the Confraternita dell'Orazione e della Morte in Viterbo
- St Leonardo and Prisoners by Anton Angelo Bonifazi (1627-1699)
- Holy Family adored by Saints by Antonio Ghepardi Rest in Egypt, Assumption of the Virgin, Annunciation and Hercules and Omphale (1657) by Giovanni Francesco Romanelli
- Presentation of Jesus at the Temple by Antiveduto Grammatica
- Fifty-six sketches of the macchina of Saint Rosa
- Sarcophagus of Bella Galiana
Annio da Viterbo, marmo osiriano, falso costruito a partire da marmi due e quattrocenteschi del duomo di VT, 1490 ca.jpg|Marmo OsirianoAnnio da Viterbo, decreto di desiderio, falso del 1490-1500 ca.jpg|Decreto di DesiderioPancrazio di antonello da calvi, nozze mistiche di s. caterina, 1477 ca., da s.m. della verità, 02.jpg|Mystical Marriage of St Catherine by Pancrazio di Antonello da CalviCostantino di jacopo zelli, deposizione, xvi secolo, da s.m. della verità.jpg|Deposition by Costantino di Jacopo ZelliIl balletta, madonna in trono col bambino, da s.m. in poggio, 1450 ca.jpg|Enthroned Madonna by Il BallettaAntoniazzo romano, madonna in gloria, da s.m. al prato a campagnano, xv secolo.jpg|Madonna in Glory by Antoniazzo RomanoAntoniazzo romano, madonna col bambino, da s.m. al prato di campagnano, 1497.jpg|Madonna and Child by Antoniazzo RomanoVitale da bologna, madonna col bambino, cardinale e santo vescovo, 1350 ca., da s.m. della pace, 01.jpg|Madonna, child, and bishops by Vitale da BolognaIl pastura, natività, 1450-1500 ca., da s.m. della verità 01.jpg|Nativity by Il PasturaSano di pietro, san bernardino e angeli, da s.m. del paradiso, 1450 ca. 02.jpg|St Bernardino by Sano di PietroSalvator rosa (scuola), incredulità di san tommaso, xvii secolo, dalla chiesa dell'orazione e morte.jpg|Incredulity of St Thomas by Salvatore RosaGiovan francesco romanelli, annunciazione, dai ss. teresa e giuseppe, xvii secolo.jpg|Annunciation by GR Romanelli, originally in Santi Teresa e GiuseppeGiovan francesco romanelli, riposo durante la fuga in egitto, xvii secolo.jpg|Repose in Egypt by GF RomanelliAntiveduto grammatica, presentazione di gesù al tmpio da s. agostino, xvii secolo 02.jpg|Presentation of Jesus at the Temple by A. GrammaticaDomenico corvi, sacrificio di polissena, 1790-1800 ca.jpg|Sacrifice of Polyxena by Domenico Corvi
Notes
- https://viterbo.artecitta.it/en/civic-museum/ Viterbo Arte Citta
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