The Museo Civico di Mondavio is a public museum and art gallery (pinacoteca) located on Piazza Matteotti 3, where it is housed in the medieval former

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monastery in the town center of

Mondavio Mondavio is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pesaro e Urbino in the Italy, Italian region Marche, located about west of Ancona and about south of Pesaro. Main sights *Rocca di Mondavio, a Renaissance castle designed by Francesco di ...

, in the

Province of Pesaro e Urbino The Province of Pesaro and Urbino ( it, Provincia di Pesaro e Urbino, ) is a province in the Marche region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Pesaro. It also borders the state of San Marino. The province is surrounded by San Marino and Emilia ...

in the

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region Marche.

History

The four sections of the museum consists * Franciscan library, derived mainly from the former Franciscan library, and including works such as the ''Paulina'' (1513) by Paolo da Middelburg, astronomer for the Duke of Urbino and Bishop of Fossombrone, published in Fossombrone by Ottaviano Petrucci. * Pinacoteca, displaying 18 works, including the altarpiece depicting ''Madonna and Child'' by

Olivuccio di Ciccarello Olivuccio Ceccarello di Ciccarello (died 1439) was an Italian painter. Little is known of his life. He was a native of Camerino and was active from 1388 until his death. In 2002 works formerly attributed to an obscure painter named Carlo da ...

of Camerino; as well as canvases by Andrea Lilli,

Giovanni Francesco Guerrieri Giovanni Francesco Guerrieri (1589–1655) was an Italian painter and Caravaggisto. Guerrieri was born in Fossombrone. In 1606 he travelled to Rome where he studied under some notable artists including Orazio Gentileschi Orazio Lomi Gentile ...

Claudio Ridolfi Claudio Ridolfi (1560–1644), also known as Claudio Veronese, was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period. Biography Ridolfi was born in Verona to a noble family. He was active mainly in Rome and Urbino where he was a pupil of the p ...

, and Pierleone Ghezzi. * Religious Displays: including a 17th-century wooden tabernacle by Fra Liberato da Macerata derived from the former church of the Capuchins and other wooden works. * Sculpture and Ceramics, displaying a ''Madonna and Child'' by Michele da Firenze and other works linked to the town.

External links

Commune of Mondavio, official website
Museums in Marche Art museums and galleries in Marche {{Italy-art-display-stub