Museo Regionale di Messina
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The Museo Regionale di Messina , full name Museo Interdisciplinare Regionale “M. Accascina ”di Messina abbreviated MuMe , is an art museum in Messina , Sicily . It shows, among other things, paintings and statues from the churches that were destroyed in the Messina earthquake in 1908 .
history
On the initiative of Carmelo La Farina of the “Reale Accademia Peloritana” (Peloritan Royal Academy), the “Museo Civico Peloritano” was formed in 1806. The first seat of the museum was in “Via Rovere”, then until 1908 the former monastery of San Gregorio.
After the earthquake of 1908, the new museum was set up in 1914 on Viale della Libertà, 465 in a former spinning mill and housed the paintings and statues of the destroyed palaces and churches of Messina. In 1976 it was named the Messina Regional Museum. In the 1980s, drafts for a new building adjacent to the north were presented, into which the MuMe moved in several steps between 2016 and 2017. The old building will continue to be used for special exhibitions.
Showrooms
Halls 1 and 2 are dedicated to centuries 12-14. They show works from the Norman-Hohenstaufen era. Rooms 3 and 4 show figures and paintings from the 15th and 16th centuries. The polyptych from the church of S. Gregorio by Antonello da Messina is located in room 4 in particular. Paintings, figures, grave monuments and decorations from the 16th century can be found in rooms 5 to 8. Halls 9 to 11 are dedicated to the Seicento Messinas and especially Caravaggio (room 10). Room 12 is dedicated to the cultural history of the Settecento Messina. Room 13 houses "the treasures", that is silver, nativity figures, ceramics from Messina.
First and second exhibition space: Norman-Staufer era
- Goro Di Gregorio , sculptor. Figure "Madonnina degli Storpi", 1333
Third and fourth exhibition rooms: figures and paintings from the 15th and 16th centuries
Third showroom
- Antonio Baboccio da Piperno (1351–1435) Figure "Madonna with Child"
- Workshop della Robbia "Madonna and Child"
Fourth showroom
A well-known painting by Antonello da Messina can be seen in the fourth room : the “Polyptych of St Gregory”. It was created for the Chiesa di San Gregorio, designed by Andrea Calamech . The five-part work shows the “Madonna del Rosario” in the center and on both sides, St. Gregory on the left and St. Benedict on the right. Above the Madonna and Saints there was a three-part work, the center piece of which was lost in the earthquake of 1908. It shows the Archangel Gabriel in one picture and the Virgin Mary in the other. The theme is the “Annunciation of Mary”.
Here you can admire a painting showing the Descent from the Cross. It is by Colijn de Coter , a Flemish painter (1446–1538) who worked in Messina in the second half of the 15th century. However, this painting is only meant to be a fragment. Thieme-Becker thinks that this painting used to be a monument painting that was later sawn up and scattered all over the world. A possible point in time is 1678, after the unsuccessful uprising of the trade and financial aristocracy of Messina, the "Merli".
Herri met de Bles (also: Il Civetta ; 1480–1550) was a Flemish painter. The painting on display comes from him.
Laurana (1430–1502) was a sculptor. His statue “Madonna and Child” comes from the Church of Sant'Agostino.
He was a painter (1497–1535). His painting “Madonna and Child” comes from the church of San Sebastiano di Pagliara.
Fifth to eighth exhibition rooms: paintings, figures, grave monuments and decorations from the 16th century
Fifth showroom
- Girolamo Alibrandi (also: Il Raffaello da Messina ; * around 1470 in Messina; † around 1524) was a Sicilian painter.
Two paintings by Alibrando are exhibited here: the “Presentazione di Gesu al Tempio” (presentation of the Christ child in the temple) and a painting of Saint Peter: “San Pietro”. After studying law in Messina, he trained as an artist in the school of compatriot Salvo d'Antonio. After the death of his father, he traveled to mainland Italy. He was certainly in Milan at the time, where, according to Thieme-Becker , he is said to have enjoyed direct lessons from Leonardo da Vinci . He then went to Rome and made friends with Raphael. Alibrando is said to have worked at times parallel to Raphael in Rome and based the layout of some of the figures on his friend (see his main work: Presentazione di Gesu al Tempio, 1519). This closeness to Raffael earned him the second name Raffaello da Messina. Already in Milan he had evidently entered into a personal relationship with Cesare da Sesto , with whom he then returned to Messina after his trip to the mainland had ended.
The main work of Alibrando is the "Presentazione di Gesu al Tempio", a life-size representation in the temple, painted in 1519 for the Compagnia della Candelora in Messina. It is in an oil painting measuring 99 × 118 cm and originally hung in the cathedral in Messina. The picture shows the Virgin Mary with the Christ child, which she has just offered to Simeon, in the midst of a numerous retinue of temple visitors, through the Corinthian arcades of the temple hall the city of Jerusalem becomes visible with magnificent buildings and a wide background landscape. The Purificazione della Santa Vergine in the Cathedral of Messina is said to come from Alibrando.
Gaggini (1478–1536) was a sculptor. Here you can see a sculpture of the Madonna and Child that comes from the Church of S. Francesco d'Assisi.
Sixth showroom
Montorsoli (1507–1563) was a sculptor and architect. The figure of "SCYLLA" was created by Montorsoli and comes from the Neptune Fountain from 1557.
Riccio was a painter. The 16th century painting on display shows the Descent from the Cross and originally comes from the Church of Santa Maria Maddalena.
Caravaggio (1500–1546) was a painter. His painting shows adoration and comes from the church of Santa Maria di Altopascio.
Seventh showroom
Bonanno (1530–1600) was a sculptor. The marble relief exhibited here shows the "Lady with the Unicorn".
Guinaccia (1551–1581) was a painter from Naples. His painting (1580) shows "Adoration".
Eighth showroom
Allori's painting (1590) shows the "Madonna dell'Itria".
His painting shows the "marriage of St. Catherina".
Ninth to eleventh exhibition rooms: Cultural history of the Seicento
Ninth showroom
The marble grave monument "Marchesi-Barresi" exhibited here was executed by Bonanno and designed by Calamech. It comes from the church of Santa Maria del Gesù.
Paladini was a painter from Tuscany. His painting shows the "stigmatization of St. Francis".
Tenth showroom
One of the two paintings exhibited here shows the “Adoration of the Child” from 1609. The Senate of Messinas once acquired this painting for “1000 scudi” and handed it over to the Church of Cappuccini. The other painting is called “Resurrection of Lazarus” in 1609 and was commissioned by Giovan Battista De Lazzari.
Rodriguez was born in Messina in 1578 and died there in 1648. He was a student of Caravaggio and the painting on display is called "The Incredible Saint Thomas".
- Matthias Stomer (1600–1650)
An oil painting by Stomer: " Gaius Mucius Scaevola before Porsenna ".
- Mario Minniti (1577-1640)
The painting is called "Miracle of the Widow of Naim" and comes from the Church of the Cappuccini.
Eleventh showroom
- Antonio Barbalonga (1600–1649)
The painting Barbalongs shows the "Pietà".
- Giovanni Battista Quagliata (1603–1673)
The painting Quagliatas is called “Natività della Vergine” and shows the birth of the Virgin Mary.
- Mattia Preti (* 1613 in Taverna (Calabria), † 1699 in Valletta (Malta))
Here you can see the painting of the “Madonna della Lettera” (Mary of the Letter). This Madonna della Lettera plays an important role for Messina. This painting was brought to the museum from the Church of San Giovanni Decollato and is 272 × 170 cm in size. Another painting “Cristo deposto” (Christ reclining) can also be seen here. This is an oil painting on 95 × 107 cm and comes from the Museo Civico Peloritano. Preti himself is an Italian painter who was also called "Il Cavalliere Calabrese" because he came from Calabria in southern Italy. Around 1630 he went to Rome and learned the techniques of painting from Caravaggio. He refined his skills in the years 1653 to 1660 at Battistello in Naples. From 1661 until his death Preti worked in Malta, where he made a number of paintings for the "Galleria Ruffo in Messina" (Ruffo Picture Gallery in Messina) (see: V. Ruffo, "Galleria Ruffo nel Secolo XVII in Messina", Bollettino d'Arte, vol. X (1916), pp. 239-256, 284-318. Grosso-Caccopardi also names painting Pretis from the picture gallery of Ruffo from Messina). His works include the paintings Madonna della Lettera and Cristo Deposto in the Museo Regionale di Messina.
Maroli is a painter from Messina (1612–1676) and the painting on display shows "Loth and his daughters". It comes from the Museo Civico Peloritano.
Twelfth exhibition room: Cultural history of the Settecento Messina
Giovanni Tuccari (* 1667 in Messina; † 1743 ibid) was an Italian Baroque painter. There are two paintings by Tuccari: On the one hand the picture: "Mosè salvato dalle acque" (Moses saved from the waters) from the church of Santa Maria delle Grazie. On the other hand the painting "l'Ester ed Assuero" (the beautiful Jewess Esther and the king Ahasuerus (Hebrew: אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹש, Achashverosh Artaxerxes), from Babylonia from the Book of Esther 1: 1-2) or the Midrash Esther Rabba, I, 3 Tuccari is one of the typical representatives of the Sicilian Baroque. He painted the frescoes for the Church of San Benedetto in Catania (1726). This early 18th century church is adorned with stucco work and frescoes by the artist depicting the life of Saint Benedict and his glory. He also painted for Sant 'Antonio in Castiglione di Sicilia, and for the Pinacoteca Zelantea in the Sicilian coastal town of Acireale. The church of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Messina also contains his work. At the age of about 77 the painter Giovanni Tuccari died of the plague epidemic prevailing at the time in his hometown Messina.
Tancredi's painting “Visitazione” shows Mary's visit to her mother Anna. It is an oil painting on 202 × 144 cm and comes from the oratory of San Giacomo
Picture gallery in the Museo Regionale di Messina
4th room: Antonello: Archangel Gabriel
4th room: Antonello: Annunciation of Mary
4th room: Antonello: St. Gregory
4th room: Antonello: Madonna del Rosario
4th room: Antonello: Saint Benedict
5th room: Girolamo Alibrandi: Petrus
10. Room: Caravaggio: Lazzarus
10. Room: Caravaggio: Adoration
12. Room: Tuccari: "Moses saved from the waters"
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- Maria Accascina “Museo Nazionale di Messina, ordinamento della sezione maioliche, monete e paliotti”, in “Bollettino d'Arte”, 1960 “Museo Nazionale di Messina”, in “Boll. d'Arte ”, 1956
Web links
- Museum Guide 2017 (Italian / English) (PDF)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Valentina Certo: Messina ha il suo nuovo Museo Regionale: apre il MuMe. In: artspecialday.com. June 22, 2017, accessed February 11, 2020 (Italian).