Italian Senate Hosts First Exhibition on St. Francis with Cimabue and Perugino Masterpieces
An exhibition titled 'San Francesco, tra Cimabue e Perugino' has been inaugurated by the Italian Senate alongside the Ministry of Culture and the National Museums of Perugia. This showcase, located at Palazzo della Minerva, will be open until March 2, 2025. It highlights medieval and Renaissance art from the Galleria Nazionale dell’Umbria, featuring works by Beato Angelico and Piero della Francesca. Significant loans include the Chartula (1224) from the Sacro Convento di Assisi and a Cimabue effigy. Additionally, the exhibition displays Benozzo Gozzoli's 'Mystic Marriage' (1466) and creations by Niccolò Liberatore and Pietro Vannucci. This event celebrates the 800th anniversary of the Canticle of the Creatures and the Jubilee 2025, as declared by Pope Francis.
Key facts
- First exhibition on St. Francis hosted by the Italian Senate.
- Runs until March 2, 2025, at Sala Capitolare, Palazzo della Minerva.
- Collaboration with Ministry of Culture and National Museums of Perugia.
- Includes Chartula (1224), an autograph fragment of St. Francis.
- Features Cimabue's effigy of St. Francis from his tomb.
- Works by Perugino, Benozzo Gozzoli, Taddeo Bartolo, Nicolò del Priore, Niccolò Liberatore, Master of Paciano.
- Coincides with 800th anniversary of Canticle of the Creatures and Jubilee 2025.
- Pope Francis's encyclical 'Laudato si’' (2015) inspired by St. Francis.
- Loans from Sacro Convento di Assisi and Seraphic Province of St. Francis.
- Galleria Nazionale dell’Umbria contributed masterpieces by Beato Angelico and Piero della Francesca.
Entities
Artists
- Cimabue
- Perugino (Pietro Vannucci)
- Beato Angelico
- Piero della Francesca
- Benozzo Gozzoli
- Taddeo Bartolo
- Nicolò del Priore
- Niccolò Liberatore
- Maestro di Paciano
- St. Francis of Assisi
- Pope Francis (Papa Bergoglio)
- Rino Fisichella
- Alessandro Giuli
Institutions
- Italian Senate (Senato della Repubblica)
- Ministry of Culture (Ministero della Cultura)
- National Museums of Perugia (Musei Nazionali di Perugia)
- Galleria Nazionale dell’Umbria
- Sacro Convento di Assisi
- Provincia Serafica di San Francesco
- Dicastero per l'Evangelizzazione
- Palazzo della Minerva
- Artribune
Locations
- Rome
- Italy
- Palazzo della Minerva
- Sala Capitolare
- Perugia
- Assisi
- Umbria