The Pinacoteca Tosio Martinengo is a public
art museum
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in
Brescia
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Lombardy
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, Italy.
Established in 1851, the museum exhibits mainly paintings by local artists dated from the Thirteenth through the Eighteenth century. The museum's current collection includes over 800 works of painting and sculpture, displayed in 21 galleries.
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The museum reopened on 17 March 2018 after a major nine-year-long renovation project.
History
The gallery opened in 1851 in the central ''Palazzo Tosio'', endowed in 1832 with the collection of Count
Paolo Tosio and further enriched by donations and gathering of items from local religious buildings.
In 1884, the Count
Leopardo Martinengo da Barco added to the painting collection and endowed a library and collections of scientific artifacts to display in his palace.
Museum
The current collection of the museum includes works by
Vincenzo Foppa, Ferramola,
Paolo Veneziano
Paolo Veneziano, also Veneziano Paolo or Paolo da Venezia (active by 1333, died after 1358) was a 14th-century painter from Venice, the "founder of the Venetian school (art), Venetian School" of painting, probably active between about 1321 and 13 ...
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Andrea Solari,
Francesco Francia,
Lorenzo Lotto
Lorenzo Lotto (c. 1480 – 1556/57) was an Italian Renaissance painter, draughtsman, and illustrator, traditionally placed in the Venetian school, though much of his career was spent in other north Italian cities. He painted mainly altarpie ...
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Luca Mombello and
Lattanzio Gambara
Lattanzio Gambara (c. 1530 – 18 March 1574) was an Italian painter, active in Renaissance and Mannerism, Mannerist styles. It is likely that Gambara is the same 16th century painter referred to as ''Lattanzio Cremonese'' or ''Lattanzio da Cremo ...
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Collection highlights
Paintings
image:CristoRaffaello.jpg, '' Christ Blessing (Pax Vobiscum)'' by Raphael
Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (; March 28 or April 6, 1483April 6, 1520), now generally known in English as Raphael ( , ), was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. List of paintings by Raphael, His work is admired for its cl ...
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image:Madonna e Bambino tra i santi Faustino e Giovita o Pala dei mercanti (Vicenzo Foppa) - Pinacoteca Tosio Martinengo - Brescia (ph Luca Giarelli).jpg, ''Pala della Mercanzia'' by Vincenzo Foppa.
image:Lotto, adorazione dei pastori 00.jpg, '' Adoration of the Shepherds'' by Lorenzo Lotto
Lorenzo Lotto (c. 1480 – 1556/57) was an Italian Renaissance painter, draughtsman, and illustrator, traditionally placed in the Venetian school, though much of his career was spent in other north Italian cities. He painted mainly altarpie ...
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image:0 St Georges et le dragon - Brescia, Pinacoteca Tosio Martinengo .jpg, ''Saint George and the dragon'' by Antonio Cicognara, -1465
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1832 establishments in Italy
Art museums and galleries established in 1851
Collections of museums in Italy
1851 establishments in Italy