Pinacoteca Nazionale (Siena)

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Pinacoteca Nazionale (Siena)
Established1932
LocationVia San Pietro 29, Siena, Italy
Website www.pinacotecanazionale.siena.it

The Pinacoteca Nazionale is a national museum in Siena, Tuscany, Italy. Inaugurated in 1932, it houses especially late medieval and Renaissance paintings from Italian artists. It is housed in the Brigidi and Buonsignori palaces in the city's center: the former, built in the 14th century, it is traditionally identified as the Pannocchieschi family's residence. The Palazzo Bichi-Buonsignori, built in the 15th century, was until recently thought to have a 19th-century neo-medieval façade based on the city's Palazzo Pubblico; however, restoration in 2022 revealed that it is mostly original. [1]

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The gallery has one of the largest collections of Sienese paintings with gold backgrounds from the 14th and 15th centuries. [2]

Works in the gallery include:

Other artists represented include Ugolino di Nerio, Pietro Lorenzetti, Sassetta, Domenico di Bartolo, Taddeo di Bartolo, Francesco di Giorgio Martini, Matteo di Giovanni, Neroccio di Bartolomeo

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References

  1. "Nuove scoperte dopo i restauri delle facciate di Palazzo Chigi Piccolomini alla Postierla e Palazzo Buonsignori Brigidi, sedi della Pinacoteca nazionale di Siena | Siena Comunica" (in Italian). 2023-07-10. Retrieved 2024-03-24.
  2. Mauro Civai, Enrico Toti, Siena cuore medievale d'Europa. Alsaba Edizioni, 2004 ISBN   88-85331-08-4 page 103

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