Pinacoteca Comunale di Sarnano

Sarnano's Municipal Picture Gallery brings together sacred art from the town and its surrounding territory. Vittore Crivelli's Madonna adoring the Child with musical angels is a central work within a collection rich in Marche painting.

Why it matters

The gallery preserves the artistic inheritance of local churches in a civic setting. Altarpieces and processional works connect individual devotional commissions with the wider history of painting between the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries.

What to notice

Crivelli's musical angels and ornate surfaces contrast with the later compositions of Simone De Magistris. His Deposition of 1573 and Last Supper of 1607 represent different moments of his career. Works by Pietro Alamanno, Niccolò di Liberatore, Vincenzo Pagani and Stefano Folchetti extend the collection's range. Pietro Procaccini's painting of Saint Francis presenting the seraph emblem to Sarnano depicts a tradition associated with the town's identity.

Context and history

Several works came from Santa Maria di Piazza Alta and other churches of the territory. Their transfer into municipal care helped form the civic collection. Together with the associated museums on Via Leopardi, the gallery preserves objects whose original settings and functions belonged to different parts of Sarnano's religious and communal life.