Pinacoteca civica Bruno Molajoli, Art museum in historic center of Fabriano, Italy.
The Pinacoteca Civica Bruno Molajoli is housed in a historic building and displays medieval artworks, frescoes, and carved wooden sculptures. The spaces showcase pieces from different periods, offering a view of the artistic evolution that took place in the region.
The museum was founded in 1862 and received its current name in 1988 to honor Bruno Molajoli, an art historian and director of Fine Arts from the city. The renaming recognized his contribution to understanding and preserving the region's artistic heritage.
The museum's name honours Bruno Molajoli, a Fabriano-born art historian and director of the Fine Arts in the 1960s; it was dedicated to him in 1988. The Flemish tapestries of the 16th and 17th centuries, acquired in 1911–1913 from the cathedral chapter, were removed from display in 2014 and are held in a municipal depot. Since 2012 the wooden Madonna and Child from the mid-13th century, found in the Buon Gesù complex itself, is on permanent view.
The museum occupies the former Ospedale di Santa Maria del Buon Gesù; the collection moved here in 1991 and the new seat opened on 16 December 1994. The 1997 earthquake forced a transfer to the Complesso di San Domenico, and works returned in March 2007. The building is in Fabriano's historic centre, near the Museo della carta e della filigrana.
In 2021 the gallery received the painted wooden statue of Saint Peter Martyr, attributed to Donatello, after a restoration that revealed its high quality. It is one of the few works by the sculptor in the Marche. Look for it among the medieval pieces.
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