The museum's most sought-out work is not by a native son but by Raphael, whose Ecstasy of St. Cecilia is one of the great achievements of Renaissance painting. However, much of the rest of these galleries is devoted to either Bolognese painters or painters from elsewhere who worked in Bologna, including Italy's largest collection by the city’s most illustrious artist, Guido Reni (1575–1642). Perhaps his best-known work is the Ritratto della Madre, a portrait of his mother, hanging in a Reni room that also includes Samson the Victorious. More striking, however, is the St. George and the Dragon, an early work (1335) by one of Emilia-Romagna's first great masters, Vitale da Bologna. The contorted figures and sense of movement evoked by George's fluttering cloak and wind-whipped hair show an expressive side to early Gothic painting every bit as impressive as that being practiced by the followers of Giotto south of the Apennines.
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Via delle Belle Arti, 56
tel. +39-051-4209411
www.pinacotecabologna.it
Tues–Sat 9am–9pm
€6
Bus: 14, 20, 25, 2, 28, 36, 37 89, 93, 94, 99, 101, 106, 206, 214, 243, 257, 273, 906, 916, 918
This article was written by Reid Bramblett and was last updated in August 2015.
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