The Francesco Borgogna Museum, located on Via Francesco Borgogna near the town center of

Vercelli Vercelli (; ) is a city and ''comune'' of 46,552 inhabitants (January 1, 2017) in the Province of Vercelli, Piedmont, northern Italy. One of the oldest urban sites in northern Italy, it was founded, according to most historians, around 600 BC. ...

in the region of Piedmont, displays a collection of paintings, frescoes, sculpture, tapestries, and other artifacts. The works originate from the 14th to the 20th century.

History

The museum and the foundation supporting it were established in 1907, by Antonio Borgogna and his friend Vincenzo Laviny, and dedicated to Antonio's father. The Borgogna family and its collections formed the core of the museum. The entrance to the museum has a posthumous bronze bust of Antonio (1910) by the Vercelli sculptor Francesco Porzio. The museum was expanded by an additional wing designed by Giuseppe Leblis between 1912 and 1915. In 1932, works of arts from the Institute of Fine Arts of Vercelli, as well as from suppressed churches and monasteries were assembled here. The collections include works by Gerolamo and Giovanni Battista Giovenone, Bernardino Lanino, Defendente Ferrari, Gaudenzio Ferrari, the school of Giovanni Martino Spanzotti,

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, Bernardino Luini, Francesco Francia,

il Sodoma Il Sodoma (1477 – 14 February 1549) was the name given to the Italy, Italian Renaissance Painting, painter Giovanni Antonio Bazzi. Il Sodoma painted in a manner that superimposed the High Renaissance style of early 16th-century Rome onto the tr ...

, Ludovico Carracci, Carlo Maratta, Stefano Ussi,

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, Teofilo Patini, Gaetano Chierici, Giacomo Favretto, and Nicola Mónti. as well as paintings from the Flemish and Netherlands. Most of the collection was assembled through the art-market during 1880 to 1906. The collection has numerous sculptures from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.Museo Borgogna
official site.

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