The Cenedese Museum of Vittorio Veneto is housed in an elegant Neo-Gothic Palace (1462-1476), the ancient Palazzo della Comunità di Serravalle, with its splendid frescoed façade, and was named by its founder, engineer Francesco Troyer, because it was intended to collect the archaeological, historical, and artistic memories of the ancient “Cenedese” territory, nestled between the Piave and Livenza rivers from the Belluno Valley to the Adriatic Sea, coinciding with the northern half of the ancient Diocese of Ceneda, later Vittorio Veneto.
The Museum preserves archaeological finds from the Neolithic, Bronze Age, Iron Age (Celts and Paleoveneti), Roman and Lombard periods, coming from 19th-century collections and more recent donations, as well as from ministerial deposits. The museum also hosts a rich artistic collection: highlights include the Dormitio Virginis by the Moranzone (15th century) in gilded wood, the splendid relief of the Madonna and Child by Jacopo Sansovino (1486–1570) in papier-mâché, and The Water Carrier by Vincenzo Gemito (1852–1929) cast in silver.
The Art Gallery complements detached frescoes and tempera and gold panels from the 15th century with 17th-century canvases and 18th-century devotional works, attributed to Antonio Zago (15th–16th century), Giovanni Antonio Da Meschio (1450), Nicolò Di Pietro (14th–16th century), Girolamo Da Treviso (15th century), Francesco Frigimelica (ca. 1590–1649), Cesare Vecellio (1521–1601). Venetian and local artists complete the picture of the 19th and 20th centuries: Giovanni De Min (1786–1859), Pietro Paietta (1845–1911), Alessandro Zezzos (1848–1914), Aldo Rosolen (1912–1941), Delfino Varnier “Peo” (1908–1963), and Armando Tonello (1897–2001). The sculptures and plaster cast gallery document the work of several sculptors from Vittorio Veneto: Marco Casagrande (1804–1880), Luigi Borro (1826–1886), Guido Giusti (1851–1934), Toni Furlan (1913–1980), and Mario Dal Fabbro (1913–1990). The 15th-century Oratory of SS. Lorenzo and Marco of the Battuti of S. Maria di Serravalle, entirely frescoed, constitutes the monumental section of the Museum.
Information about Cenedese Museum
Piazza Marcantonio Flaminio,
31029 Vittorio Veneto (Treviso)
043857103
museocen@tin.it
https://www.museocenedese.it
Source: MIBACT
