Pinacoteca Comunale di Deruta (Palazzo dei Consoli)

Deruta's Municipal Picture Gallery occupies Palazzo dei Consoli. Paintings from local churches share the collection with works associated with the eighteenth-century collector Lione Pascoli.

Why it matters

The gallery connects civic collecting with the religious art once displayed in Deruta's churches. The Pascoli collection adds a different perspective, reflecting the taste of collectors in and around Rome.

What to notice

Perugino's fresco of 1476 depicts the Eternal Father with Saints Roch and Romanus above a view of Deruta. Niccolò di Liberatore, known as Alunno, is represented by the Madonna dei Consoli and the processional banner of Sant'Antonio Abate. A medieval Franciscan missal complements the paintings. The Pascoli works include landscapes, still lifes, battles and scenes of everyday life, contrasting with the devotional focus of the local collection.

Context and history

The fourteenth-century civic palace was altered in the eighteenth century by Pietro Carattoli. The picture gallery was established in the early twentieth century. The acquisition of the Pascoli collection in 1931 broadened its scope, adding later painting to a collection closely connected with Deruta's own artistic and religious history.