The Pinacoteca Civica di Palazzo Volpi is the town art gallery on Via Diaz 84 in the town of

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. It is housed in the 17th-century Palazzo Volpi.

History

The palace was erected from 1610 to 1630 by the Catholic nuncio and bishop of Novara, Ulpiano Volpi. He commissioned the sober

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-style design from the architect Sergio Venturi. The building in the 20th century served as a courthouse until the 1970s. Presently it is a civic art gallery. It houses collections whose core pre-19th-century works come from suppressed ecclesiastic institutions. For example, it houses

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sculptures from the church of Sant'Abbondio as well as Romanesque and Gothic sculptures and frescoes. It contains a display of Paolo Giovio's portraits of illustrious men. It houses items from the Como Cathedral, including

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windows, sculptures, tapestries and wooden models. Among the paintings are:Beni Culturali of Italy
website. *''Virgin'' (Virgo advocata) attributed to Jacomart and Pere Joan Reixach *Country Concert painted on 16th-century table by Ambrosius Benson *''Birth of the Virgin'' tapestry from the Como Cathedral *Illuminated Libro d'Ore from Milan *''Nativity'', panel by Giovanni Andrea de Magistris, father of Simone de Magistris *''Madonna with Child among Saints Cosma and Damiano'' (1515) fresco by the Master of the SS. Cosma and Damiano *''Fall of the Rebel Angels'' by Pier Francesco Mazzucchelli named "Morazzone",

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from chapel in San Giovanni Pedemonte *''Triumph of the Archangel Michael'' by Carlo Francesco Nuvolone, lunette from chapel in San Giovanni Pedemonte *''Miracle of the Eucharist'' (1629) by Cristoforo Caresana, canvas from the chapel of San Pietro Martire of San Giovanni Pedemonte *''St Peter healing a Young Man'' (1629) by Giovanni Paolo Ghianda, canvas from the chapel of San Pietro Martire of San Giovanni Pedemonte *''Madonna Assunta with Saints Roch, Catherine, and Agnes'' by a young Giulio Cesare Procaccini *''St Helena and the True Cross'', ''Birth of John the Baptist'', and ''Event of Sinite Parvulos'', canvases from the Palazzo Olginati *Works by Giovanni Pietro Gnocchi *''Portrait of Vespasiano Gonzaga Colonna'' (1559) portrait of the prince of Sabbioneta in arms of a Habsburg official parade by

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*''Guardian Angel'' by Pietro Ligari *Works in the style of

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*Abstract art by Como Group *Works by

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