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Castelvecchio Museum (Italian: Museo Civico di Castelvecchio) is a museum in
Verona
Verona ( , ; vec, Verona or ) is a city on the Adige River in Veneto, Northern Italy, Italy, with 258,031 inhabitants. It is one of the seven provincial capitals of the region. It is the largest city Comune, municipality in the region and the ...
, northern
Italy
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, located in the
eponymous medieval castle. Restoration by the architect
Carlo Scarpa
Carlo Scarpa (2 June 1906 – 28 November 1978) was an Italian architect, influenced by the materials, landscape and the history of Venetian culture, and by Japan. Scarpa translated his interests in history, regionalism, invention, and the tec ...
between 1959 and 1973 has enhanced the appearance of the building and exhibits. Scarpa's
architectural style
An architectural style is a set of characteristics and features that make a building or other structure notable or historically identifiable. It is a sub-class of style in the visual arts generally, and most styles in architecture relate closely ...
is visible in the details for doorways, staircases, furnishings, and even fixtures designed to hold a specific piece of artwork. The renovation carefully balanced new and old, revealing the history of the original building where appropriate. Unusual at the time, this approach has now become a common approach to renovation.
Collection
The museum displays a collection of sculpture, statues, paintings, ancient weapons, ceramics, goldworks, miniatures and some old bells.
Sculptures, mostly from the
Romanesque period of Verona, include:
*''Sepulchre of the Sts. Sergius and Bacchus'', basrelief from 1179.
*"Crucifix", a 14th-century
tuff
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work by the so-called Master of
Sant'Anastasia
Sant'Anastasia ( nap, Santa Nastàsë) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the Italian region Campania, located about northeast of Naples.
Sant'Anastasia borders the following municipalities: Casalnuovo di Napoli ...
, from the church of San Giacomo in Tomba.
*"St. Cecilia and Catherina", from the same Master of St. Anastasia.
*Equestrian statue of
Cangrande I della Scala
Cangrande (christened Can Francesco) della Scala (9 March 1291 – 22 July 1329) was an Italian nobleman, belonging to the della Scala family which ruled Verona from 1308 until 1387. Now perhaps best known as the leading patron of the poet Dante ...
, coming from complex of the
Scaliger Tombs
The Scaliger Tombs (Italian: ''Arche scaligere'') is a group of five Gothic funerary monuments in Verona, Italy, celebrating the Scaliger family, who ruled in Verona from the 13th to the late 14th century.
The tombs are located in a court outsi ...
.
Paintings include:
*''
Madonna of the Quail
The ''Madonna of the Quail'' (Italian: ''Madonna della Quaglia'') is an International Gothic painting generally attributed to Pisanello. Dating to c. 1420, it was housed in the Castelvecchio Museum of Verona, northern Italy until stolen in 2015. It ...
'' by
Pisanello
Pisanello (c. 1380/1395c. 1450/1455), born Antonio di Puccio Pisano or Antonio di Puccio da Cereto, also erroneously called Vittore Pisano by Giorgio Vasari, was one of the most distinguished painters of the early Italian Renaissance and Quattroc ...
*''
Madonna of the Rose Garden'' by
Stefano da Verona
Stefano da Verona (or da Zevio; 1379 – c. 1438) was an Italian painter who was active in Verona.
He was the son of the French painter Jean d'Arbois, who had come to Italy at the court for Gian Galeazzo Visconti after working for Philip II ...
or
Michelino da Besozzo
Michelino Molinari da Besozzo (c. 1370 – c. 1455) was a notable fifteenth century Italian painter and illuminator, who was widely praised for his work. He worked mostly in Milan and Lombardy, and was employed by the Visconti family, rule ...
*''Crucifixion'' and ''
Madonna dell'Umiltà
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'' by
Jacopo Bellini
Jacopo Bellini (c. 1400 – c. 1470) was one of the founders of the Renaissance style of painting in Venice and northern Italy. His sons Gentile and Giovanni Bellini, and his son-in-law Andrea Mantegna, were also famous painters.
Few of Bellin ...
*''Madonna with Child'' by
Gentile Bellini
Gentile Bellini (c. 1429 – 23 February 1507) was an Italian painter of the school of Venice. He came from Venice's leading family of painters, and at least in the early part of his career was more highly regarded than his younger brother Giova ...
*''Madonna of the Oak'' by
Girolamo dai Libri
Girolamo dai Libri (1474/1475 – July 2, 1555) was an Italian illuminator of manuscripts and painter of altarpieces, working in an early-Renaissance style.
Accademia - Madonna col Bambino e angeli musicanti - Girolamo Dai Libri.jpg, Virgin ...
*''
Holy Family
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'' by
Andrea Mantegna
Andrea Mantegna (, , ; September 13, 1506) was an Italian painter, a student of Roman archeology, and son-in-law of Jacopo Bellini.
Like other artists of the time, Mantegna experimented with perspective, e.g. by lowering the horizon in order ...
There are also numerous paintings and frescoes from the 14th century.
Gallery
Scarpa_stair.JPG, Staircase designed by Carlo Scarpa
Carlo Scarpa (2 June 1906 – 28 November 1978) was an Italian architect, influenced by the materials, landscape and the history of Venetian culture, and by Japan. Scarpa translated his interests in history, regionalism, invention, and the tec ...
, at Castelvecchio Museum in Verona. Italy
Scarpa_door.JPG, Ornate metal lattice door designed by Carlo Scarpa
Carlo Scarpa (2 June 1906 – 28 November 1978) was an Italian architect, influenced by the materials, landscape and the history of Venetian culture, and by Japan. Scarpa translated his interests in history, regionalism, invention, and the tec ...
Paolo Monti - Servizio fotografico (Verona, 1982) - BEIC 6337280.jpg, Scarpa used modern materials to create a platform for artwork. Photo by Paolo Monti
Paolo Monti (11 August 1908 – 29 November 1982) was an Italian photographer, known for his architectural photography.
In his early period, Monti experimented with abstractionism as well as with effects such as blurring and diffraction. In 1 ...
, 1982 (Fondo Paolo Monti, BEIC).
Cvecchio_old_stair.JPG, Weathered staircase in the Castelvecchio Museum — Verona, Italy
08-09-2006 Pisanello 1395c 1455 Madonna della quaglia - Photo Paolo Villa - Castelvecchio Verona - Pentax K10D SMC - Pentax-FA 35mm F2 - 08-09-2006.jpg, Madonna of the Quail
The ''Madonna of the Quail'' (Italian: ''Madonna della Quaglia'') is an International Gothic painting generally attributed to Pisanello. Dating to c. 1420, it was housed in the Castelvecchio Museum of Verona, northern Italy until stolen in 2015. It ...
by Pisanello, stolen 2015, now recovered
02 05 2012 Hans de Jode - Paesaggio con cascata XVII sec - Castelvecchio Verona - photo Paolo Villa - Pentax K10D, SMC Pentax-FA 35mm F2 AL.jpg, Hans de Jode
Hans de Jode or Jan de Jode (The Hague, 1630 – Vienna, after 1662) was a Dutch painter known for his marine paintings, harbour scenes and Italianate landscapes. He left his native Holland at an early age and worked in Venice and Vienna. In t ...
1657 - Landscape with waterfall - Castelvecchio Verona, stolen 2015
File:Girolamo dai Libri - Madonna dell'ombrello (in trono con Bambino Gesù tra san Giuseppe - san Raffaele Arcangelo e Tobiolo-Tobia) - Verona - Museo di Castelvecchio 1530 - 1530 - Photo Paolo Villa 2006 - MiBAC disclaimer warning.jpg, Madonna dell'Ombrello, by Girolamo dai Libri
Girolamo dai Libri (1474/1475 – July 2, 1555) was an Italian illuminator of manuscripts and painter of altarpieces, working in an early-Renaissance style.
Accademia - Madonna col Bambino e angeli musicanti - Girolamo Dai Libri.jpg, Virgin ...
, 1530, Museo di Castelvecchio
Castelvecchio Museum (Italian: Museo Civico di Castelvecchio) is a museum in Verona, northern Italy, located in the eponymous medieval castle. Restoration by the architect Carlo Scarpa between 1959 and 1973 has enhanced the appearance of the bui ...
, Verona
Verona ( , ; vec, Verona or ) is a city on the Adige River in Veneto, Northern Italy, Italy, with 258,031 inhabitants. It is one of the seven provincial capitals of the region. It is the largest city Comune, municipality in the region and the ...
Girolamo Dai Libri - Madonna della quercia - 1533 after - Museo Castelvecchio, Verona (ITALY).jpg, Madonna of the Oak, by Girolamo dai Libri
Girolamo dai Libri (1474/1475 – July 2, 1555) was an Italian illuminator of manuscripts and painter of altarpieces, working in an early-Renaissance style.
Accademia - Madonna col Bambino e angeli musicanti - Girolamo Dai Libri.jpg, Virgin ...
, Castelvecchio Museum, Verona (Italy).
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External links
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