The Art Collection of the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Perugia is a private collection of artworks, mainly from the region of

Perugia Perugia (, , ; lat, Perusia) is the capital city of Umbria in central Italy, crossed by the River Tiber, and of the province of Perugia. The city is located about north of Rome and southeast of Florence. It covers a high hilltop and pa ...

, acquired by former financial institution Cassa di Risparmio di Perugia. In 1992, after the passage of the , the collection was transferred from the bank to the

Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Perugia Banca dell'Umbria 1462 S.p.A. or previously known as Cassa di Risparmio di Perugia was an Italian savings bank. The bank became a subsidiary of UniCredit in 1999 and ceased to exist in 2005. However, its former owner Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio ...

, also known as the Fondazione Perugia. The collection is divided among two locations in the city of Perugia: the ''Palazzo Graziani'' and the ''Palazzo Baldeschi''. The ''Palazzo Graziani'' (1554–1569) was designed by

Jacopo Barozzi da Vignola Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola ( , , ; 1 October 15077 July 1573), often simply called Vignola, was one of the great Italian architects of 16th century Mannerism. His two great masterpieces are the Villa Farnese at Caprarola and the Jesuits' Churc ...

. The building is also notable for its sumptuous main salon, the ''Sala della Presidenza'', which was decorated at the end of the 19th century with large canvases and frescoes painted by Annibale Brugnoli, recalling both events of the

Risorgimento The unification of Italy ( it, Unità d'Italia ), also known as the ''Risorgimento'' (, ; ), was the 19th-century political and social movement that resulted in the consolidation of different states of the Italian Peninsula into a single ...

and the history of Perugia. The ''Palazzo Baldeschi al Corso'' (16th century, named after the noble family descended from

Baldus de Ubaldis Baldus de Ubaldis (Italian: ''Baldo degli Ubaldi''; 1327 – 28 April 1400) was an Italian jurist, and a leading figure in Medieval Roman Law and the school of Postglossators. Life A member of the noble family of the Ubaldi (Baldeschi), ...

) was obtained by the foundation on November 28, 2002.

Collection

References

External links

Official websiteDigitized catalog of the collection
Art museums and galleries in Umbria

Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Lucca Cassa di Risparmio di Lucca Pisa e Livorno S.p.A. was an Italian saving bank based in Lucca. It was a subsidiary of Banco Popolare and currently a sub-division (under BPL) and brand of the group Banco BPM. History Cassa di Risparmio di Lucca Ca ...

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