Palazzo Pianetti
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The Palazzo Pianetti or Pianetti Tesei is a Rococo palace in the town of Jesi
, Italy. Presently, it is owned by the town, and the palace and its adjacent building are used as a museum and exhibition site.
The Palace as now seen, was built in 1730, based on designs of Cardolo Maria Pianetti. The elaborate interior decorations with stucco and paint depict a variety of subjects and cycles. They include frescoes on stories of the Aeneid
by Placido Lazzarini, the second floor stanza was decorated by the Florentine Bandinelli.
The most important works in the collection is a group of works by Lorenzo Lotto
, completed 1512-1535 for the churches of S. Francesco al Monte and S. Floriano; these include the large altar-piece of the Deposition (1512); The Madonna of the Roses (1526), the three predellas of the altarpiece of St. Lucy, telling the story of her martyrdom (1532); and the Visitation (1531-35).
As well as the above mentioned works, the gallery contains paintings by:
Jesi
thumb|250px|Teatro Pergolesi.Iesi is a town and comune of the province of Ancona in the Marche, Italy.It is an important industrial and artistic center in the floodplain on the left bank of the Esino river before its mouth on the Adriatic Sea.-History:Iesi was one of the last towns of the Umbri...
, Italy. Presently, it is owned by the town, and the palace and its adjacent building are used as a museum and exhibition site.
The Palace as now seen, was built in 1730, based on designs of Cardolo Maria Pianetti. The elaborate interior decorations with stucco and paint depict a variety of subjects and cycles. They include frescoes on stories of the Aeneid
Aeneid
The Aeneid is a Latin epic poem, written by Virgil between 29 and 19 BC, that tells the legendary story of Aeneas, a Trojan who travelled to Italy, where he became the ancestor of the Romans. It is composed of roughly 10,000 lines in dactylic hexameter...
by Placido Lazzarini, the second floor stanza was decorated by the Florentine Bandinelli.
Pinacoteca
The adjacent building houses the civic picture gallery or Pinacoteca Civica.The most important works in the collection is a group of works by Lorenzo Lotto
Lorenzo Lotto
Lorenzo Lotto was a Northern Italian painter draughtsman and illustrator, traditionally placed in the Venetian school. He painted mainly altarpieces, religious subjects and portraits...
, completed 1512-1535 for the churches of S. Francesco al Monte and S. Floriano; these include the large altar-piece of the Deposition (1512); The Madonna of the Roses (1526), the three predellas of the altarpiece of St. Lucy, telling the story of her martyrdom (1532); and the Visitation (1531-35).
As well as the above mentioned works, the gallery contains paintings by:
- Cristoforo RoncalliCristoforo RoncalliCristoforo Roncalli was an Italian mannerist painter. He was one of the three painters known as il Pomarancio.Roncalli was born in Pomarance, a town near Volterra...
- Carlo CignaniCarlo CignaniCarlo Cignani was an Italian painter of the Bolognese and of the Forlivese school, active in the Baroque period....
- Giacomo del PoGiacomo del PoGiacomo del Pó was an Italian painter of the Baroque. He was born in Palermo , the son of Pietro del Po....
- Cristoforo Unterberger
- Alessandro TiariniAlessandro TiariniAlessandro Tiarini was an Italian Baroque painter of the Bolognese School.He was born in Bologna. His mother died when he was a child, and he was raised by an aunt, and early on they tried, unsuccessfully to guide him towards becoming a cleric...
- Antonio Sarti
- Pietro Paolo Agabiti
- Giuliano Presutti
- Francesco TrevisaniFrancesco Trevisanithumb|250px|Portrait of [[Pietro Ottoboni |Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni]] by Francesco Trevisani. The [[Bowes Museum]], [[Barnard Castle]], [[County Durham]], [[England]]....
- Carlo MarattaCarlo MarattaCarlo Maratta or Maratti was an Italian painter, active mostly in Rome, and known principally for his classicizing paintings executed in a Late Baroque Classical manner. Although he is part of the classical tradition stemming from Raphael, he was not exempt from the influence of Baroque painting...
- Domenico Valeri
- Giovanni Battista Langetti
- Guercino
- Gerolamo Marchesi da Cotignola
- Nicola di Maestro Antonio da Ancona
- Francesco AlbaniFrancesco AlbaniFrancesco Albani or Albano was an Italian Baroque painter.-Early years in Bologna:Born 1578 in Bologna, his father was a silk merchant who intended to instruct his son in the same trade; but by age twelve, Albani became an apprentice under the competent mannerist painter Denis Calvaert, where he...