The 10 Best Art Museums in Province of Ancona, Marche

Situated in Palazzo Pianetti, the foremost example of 18th-century architecture in Jesi, the museum is known for its unique Rococo gallery of ornate polychrome stuccos, the only one of its kind in central Italy. The main floor houses an important collection of art from older periods who stands out as one of the major artists of the Renaissance. Above it, on the same floor as the private apartments occupied by the Pianetti family since the early 1900s, the Gallery of Contemporary Art houses a display of art works dating from the mid 19th century to the present day.

The first core of the Diocesan museum was established in 1966, thanks to the engagement of H. E. the Bishop Mons. Pardini. His aim was to collect, preserve and make available to the public the religious art of the Vallesina. The museum was renovated and enlarged in 1983, and contains now about 200 works, including paintings, sculptures, liturgical objects, and goldsmith’s artworks, dating from the XIII through the XIX centuries. Particularly noteworthy, in the nine show rooms, are the moving Deposition of Christ from the second half of the XIII century, showing the characteristic brushwork that is peculiar to the medieval art of Central Italy; the Virgin with the Baby, painted in 1440 by Antonio Bellinzoni from Pesaro, displaying exquisite International Gothic taste; the Cross of the Procession, from the XVI century, a unique work in size and composition. There are also remarkable works by Ercole Ramazzani (1500), a painter from Arcevia who had been an apprentice of Lorenzo Lotto. In addition, the Museum hosts contemporary artworks of local and national painters, all devoted to religious and spiritual subjects.