Pinacoteca Nazionale (Siena)
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The Pinacoteca Nazionale is a national museum
in Siena
, Tuscany
, Italy
. Inaugurated in 1932, it houses especially late medieval and Renaissance paintings from Italian artists. It is housed in the Brigidi and Buonsignori palaces in the city's center: the former, built in the 14th century, it is traditionally identified as the Pannocchieschi family's residence. Buonsignori Palace, although built in the 15th century, has a 19th century neo-medival façade based on the city's Palazzo Pubblico.
The gallery has one of the largest collections of Sienese paintings with gold backgrounds from the 14th and 15th centuries.
Works in the gallery include:
Other artists represented include Ugolino di Nerio
, Pietro Lorenzetti
, Sassetta, Domenico di Bartolo
, Taddeo di Bartolo
, Francesco di Giorgio Martini, Matteo di Giovanni
, Neroccio di Bartolomeo
National museum
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in Siena
Siena
Siena is a city in Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the province of Siena.The historic centre of Siena has been declared by UNESCO a World Heritage Site. It is one of the nation's most visited tourist attractions, with over 163,000 international arrivals in 2008...
, Tuscany
Tuscany
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, Italy
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. Inaugurated in 1932, it houses especially late medieval and Renaissance paintings from Italian artists. It is housed in the Brigidi and Buonsignori palaces in the city's center: the former, built in the 14th century, it is traditionally identified as the Pannocchieschi family's residence. Buonsignori Palace, although built in the 15th century, has a 19th century neo-medival façade based on the city's Palazzo Pubblico.
The gallery has one of the largest collections of Sienese paintings with gold backgrounds from the 14th and 15th centuries.
- Duccio di Buoninsegna's Polyptych N. 28 and Madonna of the Franciscans
- Guido da Siena's St. Peter Enthroned
- Simone MartiniSimone MartiniSimone Martini was an Italian painter born in Siena.He was a major figure in the development of early Italian painting and greatly influenced the development of the International Gothic style....
's Blessed Agostino Novello and His Miracles (c. 1330) - Ambrogio LorenzettiAmbrogio LorenzettiAmbrogio Lorenzetti was an Italian painter of the Sienese school. He was active between approximately 1317 to 1348. His elder brother was the painter Pietro Lorenzetti....
's AnnunciationAnnunciation (Ambrogio Lorenzetti)The Annunciation is a painting by the Italian late medieval painter Ambrogio Lorenzetti, signed and dated 1344, now housed in the Pinacoteca Nazionale of Siena, Italy....
(c. 1344) - Bartolo di FrediBartolo di FrediBartolo di Fredi , sometimes called Bartolo Battiloro, was an Italian painter, born in Siena, classified as a member of the Sienese School....
's Adoration of the Magi - Michelino da Besozzo's Mystical Marriage of Saint CatherineMystical Marriage of Saint Catherine (Michelino da Besozzo)The Mystical Marriage of Saint Catherine is a painting by the Italian late medieval painter Michelino da Besozzo, dating from c. 1420 and housed in the Pinacoteca Nazionale of Siena, Italy....
(c. 1420) - Il SodomaIl SodomaIl Sodoma was the name given to the Italian Renaissance painter Giovanni Antonio Bazzi. Il Sodoma painted in a manner that superimposed the High Renaissance style of early 16th-century Rome onto the traditions of the provincial Sienese school; he spent the bulk of his professional life in Siena,...
's Christ at the Column and Deposition - Domenico Beccafumi's Birth of the Virgin and St. Michael Expelling the Rebel Angels
Other artists represented include Ugolino di Nerio
Ugolino di Nerio
Ugolino di Nerio was an Italian painter active in his native city of Siena and in Florence between the years 1317 and 1327.He was a follower of Duccio di Buoninsegna, from whose Maestà some of his scenes are clearly derived...
, Pietro Lorenzetti
Pietro Lorenzetti
Pietro Lorenzetti was an Italian painter, active between approximately 1306 and 1345. His younger brother was the painter Ambrogio Lorenzetti....
, Sassetta, Domenico di Bartolo
Domenico di Bartolo
Domenico di Bartolo was an Italian painter of the Sienese School.He was born in Asciano. According to Vasari, he was a nephew of Taddeo di Bartolo. He was employed by Vecchietta in the masterpiece fresco The Care of the Sick in the Pellegrinaio of the Ospedale di Santa Maria della Scala in Siena...
, Taddeo di Bartolo
Taddeo di Bartolo
Taddeo di Bartolo , also known as Taddeo Bartoli, was an Italian painter of the Sienese School during the early Renaissance. He is among the artists profiled in Vasari's Le Vite delle più eccellenti pittori, scultori, ed architettori...
, Francesco di Giorgio Martini, Matteo di Giovanni
Matteo di Giovanni
Matteo di Giovanni c. 1430 - 1495) was an Italian Renaissance artist from the Sienese school.-Biography:Matteo di Giovanni di Bartolo was born in Borgo Sansepolcro around 1430. His family relocated to Siena and he is firmly associated with the art of that city...
, Neroccio di Bartolomeo