The National Art Gallery is located in the former Jesuit novitiate of Sant’Ignazio. The museum, today completely renovated (1997) in its structures according to the most modern conservation and museographic criteria, offers visitors a fascinating journey through Emilian painting from the 13th to the 18th century. Having become one of the most important European art collections, the art gallery was born in 1808 as the painting gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts and became an autonomous museum in 1882. For the 14th century, works by Vitale, the Pseudo Jacopino, Simone dei Crocefissi and Jacopo di Paolo, Giotto and Lorenzo Veneziano stand out, as well as one of the largest national collections of detached 14th-century frescoes (such as those from the Church of Mezzaratta). In the Renaissance section, paintings by the Vivarini, Cossa and Costa, Perugino and Raphael precede the masterpieces of Parmigianino and Titian. The very rich 17th-century section features rooms dedicated to the three Carracci and to Guido Reni, Guercino, Domenichino and Tiarini. The journey ends with works from the 18th-century Emilia (Crespi, Creti, Gandolfi). Upstairs is the Cabinet of Drawings and Prints, rich in thousands of pieces, available upon request.
Information on the National Art Gallery of Bologna
Via delle Belle Arti 56,
40126 Bologna (Bologna)
051 4209411
pm-ero.pinacoteca-bo@beniculturali.it
https://www.pinacotecabologna.beniculturali.it
Tuesday and Wednesday: from 9:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.; Thursday, Friday and Saturday: from 2:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.; Sunday and holidays: from 2:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Monday closed. The ticket office closes half an hour earlier
€ 4.00
Source: MIBACT
