Portrayts' Gallery (Along The Staircases) - Pinacoteca Civica di Ripatransone

The Gallery of Portraits is along the staircase that rises from the ground to the second floor.

Here, there are collected a number of paintings, all made on oil on canvas, dating from the seventeenth to mid-nineteenth century, depicting the characters related to the history of Ripatransone.

The series opens with the large canvas depicting the mathematical Ripano Tarquinio Boccabianca 1609-1661), presented in a grandiose interior, covered with the academic gown, and a compass in his hand, this portrait is a remarkable example of seventeenth-century painting.

The most famous personage is Ascanio Condivi, the first biographer of Michelangelo.
He is dressed with a official black dress with a white sketch of a sculpture.

Other Famous Personages:

Giacomo Emidio Condivi (two paintings?)

The Franciscan Francesco Maria, secretary general of minors convent during the seventeenth century

The Bishop of Ripatransone Fedele Bufalini

Santoro Pucci, chief of the local Guelph who in the 1442 expelled from the city the troops of Francesco Sforza

Giuseppe Castelli (1626-1690), an officer of Alessandro Farnese, who, back home, and then wrote his memoirs

Giacomo Emidio Condivi, or Francesco Lucerti, writer, poet and speaker who in 1444 led the embassy to Eugene IV to counter the Sforza, or Francesco Maria Tanursi, prominent lawyer and scholar

Thomas Aquinas (XVIII) an Italian Dominican Friar, Doctor of the Church, Philosopher, Theologian, he attempted to synthesize the Aristotelian Philosophy (It takes inspiration from the work of Aristotele)

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The Gleaner of Sapri's Manuscript (Written by the poet Luigi Mercantini)

At the top floor of the museum there is the original manuscript of The Gleaner of Sapri, Written by Luigi Mercantini. "They were three hundred, they were young and strong, and they died." This is the famous refrain of what is probably one of the most famous poems of the Risorgimento, the gleaner of Sapri, composed by Luigi Mercantini in memory of the enterprise attempted by Carlo Pisacane in 1857 to unification Italy. In these sections of the Historical Museum is dedicated to the poet Risorgimento Luigi Mercantini with an Historical Ethnographic Collection. This floor, dedicated to the Italy of nineteenth, allows visitors to immerse themselves during the time of National Unity, capturing the feelings that animated the young patriots who infuocavano the Italian Province. Songs and poems encouraged the barricades and political struggles of an Italy that joining was preparing to enter Europe. Sapri The Gleaner of Sapri Luigi Mercantini (1821–1872) Ano...

Christ on the Sepulchre Madonna and Child Enthroned between Saints Sebastian and Cosmas Saint Lucy

Pietro Alamanno (Choetbei, between 1430 and 1440 – Ascoli Piceno, 1498) was an Italian Renaissance painter and sculptor of Austrian origin. Montefortino, Fortunato Duranti Art Gallery Description At the top is the suffering Christ, partially in the tomb, with the instruments of the Passion hanging on a wooden panel against a red background to highlight it. The Madonna is seated on a throne, praying and looking at her Son, who is resting on her knees. On the left is Saint Sebastian, pierced by numerous arrows and looking at the baby Jesus. On the left there is Saint Cosima, wearing a red turban and holding a house in her hands. Saint Lucy is the only saint who looks at the observer; we see her holding a tray with her eyes and the palm of her martyrdom.

Our Lady of Mercy with Saints Ginesius and Vincent Ferrer Tempera on Panel By: Pietro Alemanno (1430 - 1498) Renaissance Painter San Ginesio (MC) Collegiate Church

Description This painting was painted in 1485, when many people in San Ginesio were falling ill and dying from the plague. In the centre there is the Madonna who wears a large cloak, beneath there are people praying for her protection. Outside the cloak some people are pierced by arrows and dying, guilty of not believing in God. The sky is dark, and on either side are two groups of monstrous-looking demons, spewing hailstones at the people. On the far left there is a devil blowing a hunting horn, a symbol of war and hunting. On the far right are devils with bows and arrows. In the background there is an urban area. Why San Ginesio? He is the protector of San Ginesio and Vincenzo Ferrer, a Dominican friar who is invoked against the plague.

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