The Museo Adriano Bernareggi, also called the Museo Diocesano Bernareggi is an gallery of sacred art and objects housed in a former aristocratic palace, the Palazzo Bassi-Rathgeb, located on Via Pignolo #76 in
Bergamo
Bergamo (; lmo, Bèrghem ; from the proto- Germanic elements *''berg +*heim'', the "mountain home") is a city in the alpine Lombardy region of northern Italy, approximately northeast of Milan, and about from Switzerland, the alpine lakes Como ...
, Italy. The museum is presently managed by the ''Fondazione Adriano Bernareggi'' in conjunction with the Università degli Studi di Bergamo, and displays eclectic works of art from the 15th-century to present, often paired, and derived mainly from the Bernareggi family, as well as the
Diocese of Bergamo
The Diocese of Bergamo ( la, Dioecesis Bergomensis; it, Diocesi di Bergamo; lmo, Diocesi de Bergum) is a see of the Catholic Church in Italy, and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Milan.Mazzolenis. The architect was Pietro Isabello. The 16th century sculptures in the courtyard were made by Donato Fantoni of Rosciano. The palace was rebuilt in 1680, and purchased in the early 18th century by the Count Giovanni Mosconi, who pursued further reconstructions between 1736 and 1741. Some of the interior palace frescoes were added by the brother Maironi da Ponte. After changing hands a few times, in 1891, Alberto Rathgeb became proprietor and 90 years later his heirs donated the property to the Diocese of Bergamo, in memory of Archbishop
Adriano Bernareggi
Adriano Bernareggi (9 November 1884 – 1953) was an Italian Catholic archbishop.
Biography
Born in Oreno, near Milan, was the brother of future bishop Domenico Bernareggi.
He was ordained a Roman Catholic priest in 1907. He graduated from Pont ...
, to house the present museum, which previously had been housed in Casa Fogaccia in the upper city of Bergamo.
The collection includes the following:Fondazione Bernareggi website.
*''Il grande vento'' by Gianriccardo Piccoli (born 1941)
*''Qoelet'' also by Piccoli
*''Baptism of Christ'' by
Giovanni Battista Moroni
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*Companion contemporary piece by Piccoli inspired by Moroni work.
*''Seven
Works of Mercy
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'', designs by Andrea Mastrovito
*''Three Theologic Virtues'' engraving by Lucas van Leyden
*''St Alexander'' (17th century wood icon) accompanies video display by Andrea Mastrovito titled ''A sud del cielo''
*''Polyptich of St Andrew'' by Pietro Bussolo (1460-after 1526)
*''Glory of St Bernardino between Saints'' by Jacopino Scipioni
*''
Holy Trinity
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'' by
Lorenzo Lotto
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Alvise Vivarini
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*''Ecce Homo'' by GB Moroni.
*''
Via Crucis
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of Ferrariofrères'' derived from the church of the Hospital of Bergamo)
*''Svegliami'' by Marco Grimaldi
*Photographs by Manolis Baoussis