La Galleria Nazionale dell’Umbria is housed on the upper floors of the Palazzo dei Priori with an entrance along corso Vannucci. Born from the original core 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-unitary suppression of religious orders. The current museographic route, inaugurated in December 2006, occupies an area of 4,000 sqm arranged on two levels. The prestigious collection, arranged in chronological sequence, includes a wide variety of works, ranging from paintings on panel, canvas, and murals, to sculptures in wood and stone, to goldsmithery and textiles, all highly representative of Italian artistic production between the 13th and 19th centuries. Among the masterpieces of the medieval and Renaissance period 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 Umbria 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 goldsmithery, 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 route continues with pictorial and sculptural testimonies of the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, including those of Pietro da Cortona, Orazio Gentileschi, Francesco Trevisani, and Sebastiano Conca, and then concludes with thematic exhibitions dedicated to the 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
