Pinacoteca e Museo Civico di Volterra
The Pinacoteca e Museo Civico di Volterra is located in the Palazzo Minucci-Solaini on via de' Sarti #1 in the town of Volterra, province of Pisa, region of Tuscany, Italy.
History and description
The core of the collection was assembled initially in 1868 from works from suppressed churches and monasteries. By the 20th century, the local superintendent of art and art historian, Corrado Ricci, added works from his collection and others, for a display in the Palazzo dei Priori. In 1905, the collection was displayed as Galleria Pictorica. The collection included works by Domenico Ghirlandaio, Pietro Candido, Priamo della Quercia, Taddeo di Bartolo, and Luca Signorelli, and the famous Volterra Deposition by Rosso Fiorentino. The gallery was closed during the Second World War until 1948.The Palazzo dei Priori was a cramped locale for the many works, and in 1981 a display of works at the Palazzo Minucci-Solaini induced the authorities to create a new museum at that site, inaugurated in 1982. This palazzo was built in the late 1400s, with the design traditionally attributed to Antonio da Sangallo the Elder.
Collections
Among the works in the museum are the following:Volterra Deposition by Rosso Fiorentino, considered the Mannerist painter's masterpieceAnnunciation and Enthroned Madonna and Child with Saints by Luca SignorelliMadonna of the Rose, Enthroned Madonna and Child and Saints Anthony Abbot, John the Baptist, and Francis and Saints Nicholas of Tolentino and Peter by Taddeo di BartoloPietà by Francesco di Neri da VolterraMadonna and Child by Jacopo di MicheleMadonna of the Long Neck by Stefano di Antonio di VanniSaint Sebastian Between Saints Bartholomew and Nicholas by Neri di BicciNativity and Scenes from the Life of the Virgin by Benvenuto di GiovanniChrist in Glory with Four Saints and a Donor by Domenico GhirlandaioAdoration of the Shepherds and Lamentation over the Dead Christ by Pieter de WitteBirth of the Virgin by Donato MascagniAnnunciation, Immaculate Conception and Lamentation over the Dead Christ by Pomarancio- Polyptych of Saints Giusto and Ugo by the Sienese school, 1400s
- Icon of the Virgin and Child Between Two Saints with a Crucifix Above, attributed to the school of DuccioSacra Conversazione, attributed to Giovanni Domenico FerrettiMadonna and Child with Saints Catherine and Lucy by Jacopo di Michele, also known as il Gera
- Polyptych by Cenni di Francesco di Ser Cenni
- Polyptych of the Virgin and Child with Saints Nicholas, John the Baptist, Christopher, and Michael by Alvaro Pirez
- Wooden sculpture of the Annunciation by Francesco di Domenico Valdambrino