Pinacoteca Nazionale (Siena)
| Pinacoteca Nazionale di Siena | |
The exterior view
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| Established | 1932 |
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| Location | Via San Pietro 29, Siena, Italy |
| Website | www.pinacotecanazionale.siena.it |
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. The Palazzo Bichi-Buonsignori, although built in the 15th century, has a 19th-century neo-medieval 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
Domenico di Bartolo:
Madonna of Humility, 1433.
Lorenzo Lotto:
Nativity, 1527-1528
Coordinates: 43°18′56″N 11°19′50″E / 43.31556°N 11.33056°E
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