Palazzo Fulcis Opens as Belluno's New Civic Museum

Palazzo Fulcis, a 18th-century building in Belluno, Italy, opens as the new seat of the Museo Civico after an €8 million restoration funded by Fondazione Cariverona. The museum spans 3,000 square meters across five floors and 24 rooms, housing hundreds of works including paintings by Tintoretto, Sebastiano Ricci, Ippolito Caffi, and Matteo Cesa, as well as drawings, engravings, and ceramics previously unexhibited due to space constraints at the former Palazzo dei Giuristi. For its opening until May 1, 2017, the museum presents Titian's "Madonna Barbarigo" (mid-16th century) from the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, returning to Italy after 167 years. The painting is shown alongside another autograph version, "Madonna with Child and Saint Paul" from the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest, and a workshop replica, "Madonna with Child and Saint Catherine" from the Uffizi Galleries in Florence, long attributed to Titian. The inauguration took place on January 27, 2017.