Cortona Celebrates Luca Signorelli with Major Monographic Exhibition
Cortona commemorates the 500th anniversary of Luca Signorelli's passing with a dedicated exhibition at Palazzo Casali, Museo dell'Accademia Etrusca. This showcase includes tondi from the early 1490s, such as a piece depicting an elderly man from Paris, alongside significant altarpieces like the Annunciation from Volterra. Curators have reconstructed parts of the Matelica altarpiece, for which Signorelli received a fee of 105 florins. The display also extends to Museo Diocesano, where ten works, including the Lamentation over Christ, are featured. A stroll to the San Niccolò church reveals a double-sided processional banner. Additionally, Signorelli's final creation, the Baptism of Christ fresco, is located in the Palazzaccio chapel. Visitors can access itineraries throughout Tuscany, Umbria, and Marche, and the museum houses a mid-4th century BC Etruscan bronze chandelier.
Key facts
- Exhibition at Palazzo Casali, Cortona, marks 500th death anniversary of Luca Signorelli
- First room displays large tondi from early 1490s, including a Parisian work with a bent-eared, ashen-skinned figure
- Second room features altarpieces: Annunciation from Volterra, Magdalene from Orvieto
- Curators reassembled six fragmented parts of the Matelica altarpiece, including a cut head of Christ
- Signorelli charged 105 florins for the Matelica altarpiece, partly paid with two houses
- Museo Diocesano nearby shows ten works in a restored room, including the Lamentation over Christ
- San Niccolò church holds a double-sided processional banner that rotates
- Palazzaccio chapel fresco of Baptism of Christ is possibly Signorelli's last work; he died falling from scaffolding
- Santa Maria delle Grazie al Calcinaio, designed by Francesco di Giorgio Martini, has a Signorelli fresco
- Museo dell'Accademia Etrusca houses a mid-4th century BC Etruscan bronze chandelier found in 1840
Entities
Artists
- Luca Signorelli
- Michelangelo
- Francesco di Giorgio Martini
- Luca d'Egidio di Ventura
- Luca da Cortona
- Raffaello
- Vasari
- Tom Henry
- Carolina Chiatto
Institutions
- Museo dell'Accademia Etrusca
- Palazzo Casali
- Museo Diocesano
- Chiesa di San Niccolò
- Cappella del Palazzaccio
- Chiesa di Santa Maria delle Grazie al Calcinaio
- Artribune
- MAEC-Museo dell'Accademia Etrusca
- Accademia Etrusca di Cortona
Locations
- Cortona
- Italy
- Volterra
- Orvieto
- Matelica
- Paris
- Tuscany
- Umbria
- Marche
- Pordoi
- Montepulciano