Ingresso al Museo Diocesano Palazzo Rospigliosi - Pistoia

The Palazzo Rospigliosi a Ripa del Sale or Rospigliosi sulla Ripa is a former aristocratic palace located at Via Ripa del Sale number 3 in central

Pistoia Pistoia (, is a city and ''comune'' in the Italian region of Tuscany, the capital of a province of the same name, located about west and north of Florence and is crossed by the Ombrone Pistoiese, a tributary of the River Arno. It is a typi ...

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. The location is in a small alley adjacent to the

Pistoia Cathedral Pistoia Cathedral, or Cathedral of Saint Zeno ( it, Duomo di Pistoia or ''Cattedrale di San Zeno'') is the main religious building of Pistoia, Tuscany, central Italy, located in the ''Piazza del Duomo'' in the centre of the city. It is the seat o ...

, within the most ancient set (first set) of city walls. In the 19th century, the palace was donated to the diocese and now is used as both Diocesan museum and for the display of the collection donated by Clemente Rospigliosi.

Description

The original owners of the structures at this site was the Dondoli family, but later sold to the Rospigliosi-Sozzifanti family in the 16th century. They rebuilt the house and adjacent structures into the present structure. They were related to the Rospigliosi family owning the Palazzo Rospigliosi a Via del Duca, where Giulio Rospiglio, later

Pope Clement IX Pope Clement IX ( la, Clemens IX; it, Clemente IX; 28 January 1600 – 9 December 1669), born Giulio Rospigliosi, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 20 June 1667 to his death in December 1669. Biography Ear ...

was born in 1600. The pope supposedly may have stayed in this palace during his visit to Pistoia. Clemente Rospigliosi, who died in 1981, endowed the palace to the diocese with instructions to preserve it and some of the contents in part as a museum dedicated to his papal ancestor. The Rospigliosi collection held furniture, decorations, and artworks including fresco decorations that bedecked the palace during the Pope's visit to his native town. Among the works are an altarpiece by Fra Paolino and a ''Bath of Bathsheba'' by

Sebastiano Vini Sebastiano Vini, also known as Bastiano Veronese (c. 1515 in Caprino Veronese – August 11, 1602 in Pistoia) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period, active mainly in Tuscany. Biography He was the son of Giovanni Piero. It is unknown u ...

. Other painters in collection are

Jacopo Vignali Jacopo Vignali (September 5, 1592 – August 3, 1664) was an Italian people, Italian painter of the early Baroque period. Biography Vignali was born in Pratovecchio, near Arezzo, and initially trained under Matteo Rosselli. He painted the ceiling ...

Lorenzo Lippi Lorenzo Lippi (3 May 1606 – 15 April 1665) was an Italian painter and poet. Biography Born in Florence, he studied painting under Matteo Rosselli. Both Baldassare Franceschini and Francesco Furini were also apprenticed with Rosselli, the ...

, Felice Ficarelli, and a ''Death of Germanicus'' attributed to a follower of

Nicolas Poussin Nicolas Poussin (, , ; June 1594 – 19 November 1665) was the leading painter of the classical French Baroque style, although he spent most of his working life in Rome. Most of his works were on religious and mythological subjects painted for a ...

. Among the works by

Giacinto Gimignani Giacinto Gimignani (1606 – December 9, 1681) was an Italian painter, active mainly in Rome, during the Baroque period. He was also an engraver in aquaforte. Biography Gimignani was born in Pistoia, where his father, Alessio (1567–1651) wa ...

displayed are: *''Joseph and the Wife of Potiphar'' *''Labors of Hercules'' *''Adam, Eve with Cain and Abel'' *''Brothers expose the Coat of Joseph'' *''Joseph explains the dreams to the Pharaoh'' The Diocesan Museum was moved from the Bishop's palace on via Puccini here in 1968. It contains precious artifacts from various churches in the jurisdiction. In addition it has a ''Holy Conversation'' by Bernardino del Signoraccio; processional standards by Sollazzino ( 1460–1543) and Scalabrino (1489-1561).Diocese of Pistoia
official site of museum.

Gallery

Museo rospigliosi, quadreria 01.jpg, Museo Clemente Rospigliosi, painting collection Museo rospigliosi, camera del baldacchino, 02,0.jpg, Camera del Baldacchino Museo rospigliosi, salotto d'angolo, 02.jpg, Salotto d'Angolo with portrait of Pope Clement IX in gilded frame Pistoia, museo diocesano, una sala 01.jpg, Exhibit in Diocesan Museum

References

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