La Galleria Nazionale dell’Umbria is housed on the upper floors of the Palazzo dei Priori with entrance along Corso Vannucci. Originating from the original nucleus of the local Accademia del Disegno (second half of the 16th century), the collection was significantly expanded between the late 18th century and the mid-19th century and further enriched following the post-unification suppression of religious orders. The current museographic route, inaugurated in December 2006, covers an area of 4,000 sqm arranged on two levels. The prestigious collection, ordered in chronological sequence, includes a wide variety of works, ranging from paintings on wood, canvas, and murals, to sculptures in wood and stone, to goldsmithing and textiles, all highly representative of Italian artistic production between the 13th and 19th centuries. Among the masterpieces of the medieval and Renaissance periods stand out works by Arnolfo di Cambio, Nicola and Giovanni Pisano, Duccio di Boninsegna, Gentile da Fabriano, Beato Angelico, Benozzo Gozzoli, Piero della Francesca, and Francesco di Giorgio Martini. Ample space is reserved for Umbrian artists – Benedetto Bonfigli, Bartolomeo Caporali, Fiorenzo di Lorenzo – and, in particular, the famous paintings of Perugino, Pintoricchio, and their pupils and followers. Some sections are dedicated to masterpieces of Sienese goldsmithing, the traditional “Perugian tablecloths,” the production of ceramics and floor tiles of the 15th and 16th centuries, and the collection of drawings, including a precious sanguine study by Federico Barocci. The path continues with pictorial and sculptural testimonies of the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, including those by Pietro da Cortona, Orazio Gentileschi, Francesco Trevisani, and Sebastiano Conca, and then concludes with thematic exhibitions dedicated to 19th-century Perugian topography and the Carattoli collection.
Information about the National Gallery of Umbria
Corso Pietro Vannucci, 19
06121 Perugia (Perugia)
0755741410 (office hours)
gallerianazionaleumbria@beniculturali.it
https://www.gallerianazionaleumbria.it
Source: MIBACT
