The Pinacoteca Zelantea is the main art gallery located on Via Marchese di S. Giuliano #17 in the town of Acireale, Sicily. The art gallery and affiliated library are housed in the Neoclassical palace designed by

Mariano Panebianco Mariano Panebianco (4 September 1847 – 30 November 1915) was an Italian engineer and architect, active in Eastern Sicily, including many private projects in his native Acireale. Mariano was born in Acireale, but studied engineering in Naples ...

in the late 19th-century. The art gallery is part of an institute that comprises a library, and a society of scholars. The present institution is the modern expression of entities dating as far back as the 1650s, when a group of ecclesiastical men began meetings of an ''Accademia degli Zelanti''. The initial art collection dates to the donation in the 1850s, by Mariano Leonardi Gambino, of his family's collection of painting, engravings, and sculptures, including many works by local artists. By 1889, the collection was moved to the site of the Biblioteca Zelantea (the library). Paolo Leonardi Vigo of the same family of Mariano, arranged to have works by

Antonino Bonaccorsi Antonino Bonaccorsi also called ''il Chiaro'' (June 1826, in Acireale, Sicily – 1897) was an Italian people, Italian painter.Francesco Mancini,

Giuseppe Sciuti Giuseppe Sciuti (Zafferana Etnea, Sicily, 26 February 1834 - Rome, 13 March 1911) was an Italian painter. Biography His father, a pharmacist, insisted his son follow his trade. But he relented and allowed Giuseppe to study locally at age 15, and ...

, and Saru Spina displayed in the same building as the Biblioteca. In 1958, works by the artist Antonio Carbonati were sent to the library from a national museum. In 1970s, paintings and works by

Michele La Spina Michele La Spina (Acireale, 1849 - Rome, 1943) was an Italian sculptor. He was born at Arcireale, Sicily, but worked mostly in Rome. He completed various statuary concepts. Among his works are a ''Faun making a flute'' (exhibited in Rome in 1883); ...

and Giuseppe D’Angelo were obtained. The latter works were mainly donated by his family.Official website of academy
history of art gallery.

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