Three Garofalo masterpieces return to Ferrara from the deposits of the Galleria Borghese and the Pinacoteca di Brera

Thanks to a project of the Ministry of Culture 100 works come home, three masterpieces by Benvenuto Tisi known as Garofalo (Ferrara, c. 1481 - 1559) have returned to Ferrara, where they have been displayed at the National Archaeological Museum in Palazzo Costabili. They are the Pesca miracolosa, Noli me tangere and the Crocifissione con la Vergine, la Maddalena e i santi Giovanni e Vito: the first two from the deposits of the Galleria Borghese in Rome, the third from the Pinacoteca di Brera. The Crucifixion came from the Augustinian nuns’ monastery attached to the church of San Vito in Ferrara and entered the Pinacoteca di Brera in 1811 following Napoleonic requisitions.

The three works were temporarily displayed in the Map Room, waiting to be permanently placed in the Treasure Room when the new layout is completed. The decision to place these three paintings in the Treasure Room of the Costabili Palace was due to the vault frescoed by Garofalo himself between 1503 and 1506, in which a fresco depicting dignitaries facing an illusory balcony stands out.

The three masterpieces that arrived yesterday morning join the canvas Saint Bruno at Prayer with Other Monks by Carlo Bononi that arrived from the Pinacoteca di Brera last Dec. 15 and is now on display in the permanent collection of the Pinacoteca Nazionale in Ferrara.

Image: Benvenuto Tisi known as Garofalo, Crucifixion with the Virgin, Magdalene and Saints John the Evangelist and Vitus (1522; oil on canvas, 246 x 281 cm)

Three Garofalo masterpieces return to Ferrara from the deposits of the Galleria Borghese and the Pinacoteca di Brera

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