Description of the attraction
The National Gallery of Umbria is a collection of art located in the Palazzo dei Priori in Perugia. His collection consists of works by the greatest representatives of the Umbrian school of painting, dating from the 13-19th centuries, but most of the paintings were painted in the 14-16th centuries. The entire art collection is housed in 23 galleries of the Palazzo.
The collection began in the middle of the 16th century with the creation of the Perugia Academy of Drawing. Then the Academy was housed in the Convento degli Olivietani monastery of Olivetans in Montemorcino, where the first paintings and drawings were exhibited. With the closure of most religious institutions during the reign of Napoleon, and then their restoration after the unification of Italy, most of the works of Italian art ceased to be the property of the church and became the property of the state.
In 1863, the city's collection of paintings was named after Pietro Vannucci, known as Perugino, one of the greatest Italian painters. However, the problem of building a separate building for the gallery was not solved until 1873, when the third floor of the Palazzo dei Priori in the very center of Perugia was allocated for this purpose. In 1918, the Pinakothek, which increased its funds through numerous acquisitions and donations, became the Gallery of Vannucci, and the King of Italy himself became its patron.
