Pinacoteca Stuard, Art museum in Parma, Italy.
Pinacoteca Stuard is an art museum in Parma that displays paintings from the 1300s through the mid-20th century across 22 rooms. The building is a former Benedictine monastery where artworks are arranged chronologically to guide visitors through changing styles over time.
Giuseppe Stuard (1790–1843), a wealthy landowner and member of the Congregation of Charity of San Filippo Neri, left his collection of over 200 artworks to the congregation when he died without direct heirs. In 1850 the paintings were moved from his house on via Santa Croce to Palazzo San Tiburzio, the congregation's seat. The museum has occupied the eastern wing of the former Benedictine monastery of San Paolo since 2002.
The museum's name honours Giuseppe Stuard, who left over 200 works to the Congregation of Charity of San Filippo Neri, founded in 1499 by the Franciscan Francesco da Meda. Among the paintings are gold-ground panels once gathered by Marquis Alfonso Tacoli Canacci in churches between Siena and Florence, plus works by Lavinia Fontana, Bartolomeo Schedoni and Flemish painters such as Maarten de Vos.
The museum is centrally located in Parma and fully accessible for visitors with mobility needs. Plan to spend a few hours walking through the rooms at your own pace to fully experience the collection.
The paired cloisters visitors pass through were built at the end of the 16th century, when the monastery was placed under stricter enclosure and an irregular old courtyard was straightened and given two stacked orders of loggias. The eastern wing that houses the galleries is the oldest part of San Paolo, begun with a tower donated in 983 by Bishop Sigefredo II.
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