# Pinacoteca e museo civico di Volterra

The Pinacoteca e Museo Civico of Volterra (Picture Gallery and Civic Museum of Volterra) is located in the Palazzo Minucci-Solaini on via de' Sarti #1 in the town of Volterra, province of Pisa, region of Tuscany, Italy.

## History and description

The core of the collection was assembled initially in 1868 from works from suppressed churches and monasteries. By the 20th century, the local superintendent of art and art historian, Corrado Ricci added works from his collection and others, for a display in the Palazzo dei Priori. In 1905, the collection was displayed as Galleria Pictorica. The collection included works from Domenico Ghirlandaio, Pietro Candido, Priamo della Quercia, Taddeo di Bartolo, Luca Signorelli and the famous Volterrra Deposition by Rosso Fiorentino. The Gallery was closed during the second world war until 1948.
The Palazzo Priori of Volterra was a cramped locale for the many works and in 1981, a display of works at the Palazzo Minucci-Solaini, induced the authorities to create a new museum at this site, inaugurated in 1982. This palazzo was built in late-1400s, with the design traditionally attributed to Antonio da San Gallo il Vecchio.

## Collections

Among the works in the museum
* Volterra Deposition by Rosso Fiorentino, is considered the mannerist painter's masterpiece
* Annunciation (1491) and Enthroned Madonna and Child with Saints (1491) by Luca Signorelli
* Madonna of the Rose, Enthroned Madonna and Child and Saints Antony Abbot, John the Baptist, and Francis (1411) and Saints Nicola da Tolentino and Peter by Taddeo di Bartolo
* Pietà by Francesco di Neri da Volterra
* Madonna and Child by Jacopo di Michele
* Madonna (called of the long neck) by Stefano di Antonio di Vanni
* St Sebastian between saints Bartholomew and Nicola by Neri di Bicci
* Birth in the Manger and Scenes from the Life of the Virgin by Benvenuto di Giovanni
* Christ in Glory with Four Saints and a Donor by Domenico Ghirlandaio
* Adoration of the Shepherds e Mourning over dead Christ by Pieter de Witte
* Birth of the Virgin by Donato Mascagni
* Annunciation, Immaculate Conception and Mourning over dead Christ del Pomarancio
* Polyptich of Saints Giusto and Ugo by Sienese school of 1400s
* Icon depicting Virgin and Child between two saints with Crucifix above between two saints attributed to school of Duccio
* Holy Conversation attributed to Giovanni Domenico Ferretti
* Madonna and Child with Saints Catherine and Lucy by Jacopo di Michele also known as il Gera
* Polyptich by Cenni di Francesco di Ser Cenni
* Polyptich depicting a Virgin and Child between Saints Nicola, John the Baptist, Cristopher, and Michael by Alvaro Pirez
* Wooden sculpture of the Annuciation (1410s) by Francesco di Domenico Valdambrino
* Signorelli, Annunciation affresco
* Signorelli, Enthroned Madonna & Saints, tempera on wood
* Studio of Ghirlandaio, Christ in Glory with four Saints & Donor, tempera on wood

## Bibliograpy

* Derived from Italian wikipedia entry
* Renato Bacci, La Pinacoteca e il Museo di Arte Sacra Arti Grafiche C.G., Milano 1997
* Antonio Paolucci, La pinacoteca di Volterra, 1989
* ↑ Comune of Viterbo entry on Museum.