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The Interdisciplinary Regional Museum of Messina (Italian - ''Museo regionale interdisciplinare di Messina'') is a museum of painting, sculpture and archaeology in the city of
Messina Messina (, also , ) is a harbour city and the capital of the Italian Metropolitan City of Messina. It is the third largest city on the island of Sicily, and the 13th largest city in Italy, with a population of more than 219,000 inhabitants in ...
. Until 2017 it was housed in the former ''Barbera-Mellinghoff'' silk-mill, a late 19th century building chosen for it after the
1908 Messina earthquake The 1908 Messina earthquake (also known as the 1908 Messina and Reggio earthquake) occurred on 28 December in Sicily and Calabria, southern Italy with a moment magnitude of 7.1 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (''Extreme''). The epicen ...
. Since 2017 it has been housed in a nearby complex designed in the 1970s.


History


Origins

The first nucleus for the museum's collection came with various private collections of conservative taste. First opened in 1806 as the Museo civico peloritano by the Reale Accademia Peloritana "to end the despoliation of art", its formation was the idea of its first director Carmelo La Farina. It housed the Alojsio, Arenaprimo, Ciancialo, Grosso-Cacopardo and Carmisino family collections as well as a collection of 14th to 18th century paintings owned by the city's senate, which also part-funded its running costs. It was initially based on via Rovere, near the Archivio degli atti notarili, before being moved to former
university A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, t ...
buildings, then (after its massive expansion from the collections of religious corporations suppressed by the 1866 liquidation laws) in 1884 to a building on via Peculio Frumentario and from 1891 to 1908 to the former monastery of San Gregorio.


Earthquake and recovery

The rebuilding plans were cut short by the 1908 earthquake, in which the museum collapsed and some artworks were lost.


Nationalisation


1939 plan


Post-war restoration


1956 and 1961 plans


1960s plans


1970s plans

In 1977 responsibility for the museum passed to the Regione Siciliana and it took on its present name. In 1984 it was rearranged chronologically.


Basile-Manganaro plan


Completion


Collections

The museum illustrates the course of figurative art in Messina from the 12th to 18th centuries, including paintings, sculptures and decorative art in chronological sequence. Their artists include
Antonello da Messina Antonello da Messina, properly Antonello di Giovanni di Antonio, but also called Antonello degli Antoni and Anglicized as Anthony of Messina ( 1430February 1479), was an Italian painter from Messina, active during the Early Italian Renaissance. ...
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Mattia Preti Mattia Preti (24 February 1613 – 3 January 1699) was an Italian Baroque artist who worked in Italy and Malta. He was appointed a Member of the Order of Saint John. Life Born in the small town of Taverna in Calabria, Preti was called ''Il Cava ...
,
Caravaggio Michelangelo Merisi (Michele Angelo Merigi or Amerighi) da Caravaggio, known as simply Caravaggio (, , ; 29 September 1571 – 18 July 1610), was an Italian painter active in Rome for most of his artistic life. During the final four years of hi ...
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Girolamo Alibrandi Girolamo Alibrandi (1470-1524), was an Italian painter, born and active in Sicily, called the ''Raphael of Messina'' (''il Raffaello di Messina''). Biography Alibrandi received his first instruction in the school of the Antonj. The fame which Ant ...
,
Vincenzo Catena Vincenzo Catena (c. 1480–1531) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance Venetian school. He is also known as Vincenzo de Biagio. Life Nothing is known of the date and place of Catena's birth. The earliest known record of him is in an inscr ...
,
Annibale Carracci Annibale Carracci (; November 3, 1560 – July 15, 1609) was an Italian painter and instructor, active in Bologna and later in Rome. Along with his brother and cousin, Annibale was one of the progenitors, if not founders of a leading strand of th ...
and
Francesco Laurana Francesco Laurana, also known as Francesco de la Vrana ( hr, Frane Vranjanin; c. 1430 – before 12 March 1502) was a Dalmatian sculptor and medallist. He is considered both a Croatian and an Italian sculptor. Though born in the territory of th ...
. From the precious cathedral treasury come the 'flowering branch' in gold, enamel, pearls and emeralds from a late 17th century goldsmith in the city, though only the early 14th and 17th century Sicilian jewels from the two crowns of the sacred images are displayed.


Marble work


Inlays


Woodwork


Church furniture


Paintings

Caravaggio Michelangelo Merisi (Michele Angelo Merigi or Amerighi) da Caravaggio, known as simply Caravaggio (, , ; 29 September 1571 – 18 July 1610), was an Italian painter active in Rome for most of his artistic life. During the final four years of hi ...
* '' Adoration of the Shepherds'' * ''
Raising of Lazarus Lazarus of Bethany (Latinised from Lazar, ultimately from Hebrew Eleazar, "God helped"), also venerated as Righteous Lazarus, the Four-Days Dead in the Eastern Orthodox Church, is the subject of a prominent sign of Jesus in the Gospel of John, ...
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Antonello da Messina Antonello da Messina, properly Antonello di Giovanni di Antonio, but also called Antonello degli Antoni and Anglicized as Anthony of Messina ( 1430February 1479), was an Italian painter from Messina, active during the Early Italian Renaissance. ...
*
San Gregorio Altarpiece ''San Gregorio Polyptych'' is a polyptych painting by the Italian Renaissance master Antonello da Messina, completed in 1473 and housed in the Regional Museum of Messina, southern Italy. History The polyptych is signed in the cartouche visible ...
* '' Madonna and Child with a Franciscan'' Colijn de Coter * Deposition
Mattia Preti Mattia Preti (24 February 1613 – 3 January 1699) was an Italian Baroque artist who worked in Italy and Malta. He was appointed a Member of the Order of Saint John. Life Born in the small town of Taverna in Calabria, Preti was called ''Il Cava ...
* Madonna of the Letter
Mario Minniti Mario Minniti (8 December 1577 – 22 November 1640) was an Italian artist active in Sicily after 1606. Born in Syracuse, Sicily, he arrived in Rome in 1593, where he became the friend, collaborator, and model of the key Baroque painter Mic ...
* The Widow of Nain * Beheading of St John the Baptist * Circumcision of Christ * Madonna of the Rosary Antonello de Saliba * Madonna with Jasmine * St Dominica * St Catherine of Alexandria
Girolamo Alibrandi Girolamo Alibrandi (1470-1524), was an Italian painter, born and active in Sicily, called the ''Raphael of Messina'' (''il Raffaello di Messina''). Biography Alibrandi received his first instruction in the school of the Antonj. The fame which Ant ...
* Last Judgement
Alessandro Allori Alessandro di Cristofano di Lorenzo del Bronzino Allori (Florence, 31 May 153522 September 1607) was an Italian painter of the late Mannerist Florentine school. Biography In 1540, after the death of his father, Allori was brought up and trai ...
* Madonna dell'Itria (Our Lady of the Way) Letterio Subba The Goddess Calypso Welcoming Telemachus Cupid and Psyche Orion, Founder of Messina The Nymphs Lapizia and Fetusa Receiving the First Hare Killed by Orion Foundation of the Compagnia dei verdi L'Addolorata Mary Magdalene at Christ's Feet Nativity of the Virgin Embassy of the citizens of Messina to the Virgin Mary
Matthias Stomer Matthias Stom or Matthias Stomer (c. 1600 – after 1652) was a Dutch, or possibly Flemish, painter who is only known for the works he produced during his residence in Italy. He was influenced by the work of non-Italian followers of Caravaggio i ...
Mucius Scaevola in the Presence of Lars Porsena Adoration of the Shepherds File:Museo regionale di messina, girolamo alibrandi, giudizio universale.JPG,
Girolamo Alibrandi Girolamo Alibrandi (1470-1524), was an Italian painter, born and active in Sicily, called the ''Raphael of Messina'' (''il Raffaello di Messina''). Biography Alibrandi received his first instruction in the school of the Antonj. The fame which Ant ...
, Last Judgement File:Mario Minniti Miracolo della vedova di Naim Messina Museo regionale.jpg,
Mario Minniti Mario Minniti (8 December 1577 – 22 November 1640) was an Italian artist active in Sicily after 1606. Born in Syracuse, Sicily, he arrived in Rome in 1593, where he became the friend, collaborator, and model of the key Baroque painter Mic ...
- The Widow of Nain File:Museo regionale di messina, caravaggio, resurrezione di lazzaro.JPG,
Caravaggio Michelangelo Merisi (Michele Angelo Merigi or Amerighi) da Caravaggio, known as simply Caravaggio (, , ; 29 September 1571 – 18 July 1610), was an Italian painter active in Rome for most of his artistic life. During the final four years of hi ...
,
Raising of Lazarus Lazarus of Bethany (Latinised from Lazar, ultimately from Hebrew Eleazar, "God helped"), also venerated as Righteous Lazarus, the Four-Days Dead in the Eastern Orthodox Church, is the subject of a prominent sign of Jesus in the Gospel of John, ...
File:Caravaggio - Adorazione dei pastori.jpg,
Caravaggio Michelangelo Merisi (Michele Angelo Merigi or Amerighi) da Caravaggio, known as simply Caravaggio (, , ; 29 September 1571 – 18 July 1610), was an Italian painter active in Rome for most of his artistic life. During the final four years of hi ...
, Adoration of the Shepherds File:Museo regionale di messina, antonello da messina, polittico di san gregorio 01.JPG,
Antonello da Messina Antonello da Messina, properly Antonello di Giovanni di Antonio, but also called Antonello degli Antoni and Anglicized as Anthony of Messina ( 1430February 1479), was an Italian painter from Messina, active during the Early Italian Renaissance. ...
,
San Gregorio Altarpiece ''San Gregorio Polyptych'' is a polyptych painting by the Italian Renaissance master Antonello da Messina, completed in 1473 and housed in the Regional Museum of Messina, southern Italy. History The polyptych is signed in the cartouche visible ...
File:Museo regionale di messina, antonello da messina, madonna col bambino e cristo in pietà 01.JPG,
Antonello da messina Antonello da Messina, properly Antonello di Giovanni di Antonio, but also called Antonello degli Antoni and Anglicized as Anthony of Messina ( 1430February 1479), was an Italian painter from Messina, active during the Early Italian Renaissance. ...
, Madonna and Child with a Franciscan File:Mattia Preti Madonna della lettera Messina Museo Regionale.jpg,
Mattia Preti Mattia Preti (24 February 1613 – 3 January 1699) was an Italian Baroque artist who worked in Italy and Malta. He was appointed a Member of the Order of Saint John. Life Born in the small town of Taverna in Calabria, Preti was called ''Il Cava ...
, Madonna of the Letter


Sculptures

Antonello Gagini Antonello Gagini (1478–1536) was an Italian sculptor of the Renaissance, mainly active in Sicily and Calabria. Antonello belonged to a family of sculptors and artisans, originally from Northern Italy, but active throughout Italy, including Gen ...
* Aedicula * Madonna and Child * Madonna of the Angels
Giovanni Angelo Montorsoli Giovanni Angelo Montorsoli (1507 – 31 August 1563), also known as Giovann'Agnolo Montorsoli, was a Florentine sculptor and Servite friar. He is today as often remembered for his restorations of famous classical works as his original crea ...
* Holy Trinity * Fontana del Nettuno (original)
Francesco Laurana Francesco Laurana, also known as Francesco de la Vrana ( hr, Frane Vranjanin; c. 1430 – before 12 March 1502) was a Dalmatian sculptor and medallist. He is considered both a Croatian and an Italian sculptor. Though born in the territory of th ...
* Madonna and Child
Goro di Gregorio Goro may refer to: Places Benin * Goro, Benin, an arrondissement in the Commune of Tchaourou, Borgou Ethiopia * Ejersa Goro, a town in Misraq Hararghe Zone, Oromia * Goro, Bale, a town in Bale Zone, Oromia * Goro, Mirab Shewa, a town in Mi ...
* Madonna degli Storpi (Madonna of the Cripples) Rinaldo Bonanno * Marchesi-Barresi funerary monument Antonello Freri * Balsamo monument Martino Montanini Victory or Peace and Bravery File:Museo regionale di messina, lapidario, annunciazione.JPG, Annunciation File:Museo regionale di messina, lapidario, 04.JPG File:Museo ME 2018 01 31 17.jpg, Madonna and Child,
Francesco Laurana Francesco Laurana, also known as Francesco de la Vrana ( hr, Frane Vranjanin; c. 1430 – before 12 March 1502) was a Dalmatian sculptor and medallist. He is considered both a Croatian and an Italian sculptor. Though born in the territory of th ...
File:Museo ME 2018 01 31 21.jpg, Madonna and Child,
Antonello Gagini Antonello Gagini (1478–1536) was an Italian sculptor of the Renaissance, mainly active in Sicily and Calabria. Antonello belonged to a family of sculptors and artisans, originally from Northern Italy, but active throughout Italy, including Gen ...
File:Museo ME 2018 01 31 12.jpg, Madonna degli storpi,
Goro di Gregorio Goro may refer to: Places Benin * Goro, Benin, an arrondissement in the Commune of Tchaourou, Borgou Ethiopia * Ejersa Goro, a town in Misraq Hararghe Zone, Oromia * Goro, Bale, a town in Bale Zone, Oromia * Goro, Mirab Shewa, a town in Mi ...
File:Museo ME 2018 01 31 33.jpg, ''Faith'' File:Museo ME 2018 01 31 35.jpg, ''Hope'' File:Museo regionale di messina, anonimo del XII-XIII sec., leone stiloforo.JPG, Stylophorus Lion File:Museo regionale di messina, leggio a forma di pellicano, di scuola renana, xvi sec. 03.JPG, Pelican lectern, 16th century File:Museo ME 2018 01 31 25.jpg, Marchesi-Barresi funerary monument, Rinaldo Bonanno File:Museo ME 2018 01 31 42.jpg File:Museo ME 2018 01 31 10.jpg, Sarcophagus of Luca I Archimandrita, 1175 File:Museo ME 2018 01 31 41.jpg File:Museo ME 2018 01 31 31.jpg, Holy Trinity, Montorsoli File:Museo ME 2018 01 31 24.jpg, Balsamo monument File:Museo ME 2018 01 31 46.jpg, Francesca Lanza Cybo funerary monument File:Museo ME 2018 01 31 11.jpg, Praying Virgin


References


External links

* {{authority control Buildings and structures in Messina Archaeological museums in Italy Art museums and galleries in Sicily