Art collection of Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Lucca

The art collection of the Foundation of Lucca Saving Bank (in Italian Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Lucca) is a collection of artworks, mostly created by artists from Lucca, acquired by this financial institution (the bank became two entity in 1990s, SpA and Bank Foundation). The home of the Foundation is the former Monastery and church of San Micheletto in Lucca. Though artworks of many periods are present in the collection, the Baroque paintings and the items linked to the cult of the Holy Face of Lucca are especially of note.

Partial inventory of the collection

Label Painter Span Work Date Link
1 Vincenzo Barsotti Urban plaza ceremony with baldachinno
2 Pompeo Batoni Sketch in profile of Nobleman
3 Pompeo Batoni Burial of Christ 1761
4 Paolo Biancucci 1596-1650 The adoration of the Cross
Giovanni Francesco Chelucci 1712-1729 Statue of St. Francis of Assisi (silver)
5 Matteo Civitali 1436-1501 Passion of Christ (bust in terracotta)
6 Ezechia (Zacchia) 1490- Madonna with Child and St. Joseph
7 Giovanni Domenico Lombardi 1682-1751 Adoration by the shepherds
8 Giovanni Domenico Lombardi 1682-1751 The fortune teller
9 Giuseppe Luchi (il Diecimino) Madonna mourning over body of Christ
10 Pietro Paolini (attributed) 1603-1681 Musical banquet
11 Pietro Paolini 1603-1681 Adoration by the Shepherds 1640
12 Pietro Ricchi 1606-1675 Allegory of Astronomy
13 Pietro Ricchi 1606-1675 Cleopatra
14 Girolamo Scaglia 1620s- Allegory of the end of life and terrestrial power
15 Unknown Madonna & Bambino; Saints Michael Archangel & Clare; angels; and monks 1600
16 Giovanni Vambré il Vecchio Statue of Madonna del Soccorso (silver) 1690
17 Gaetano Vettorali 1701-1783 Rustic Landscape
18 Pietro Da Talada 1701-1783 St. John the Baptist 1463

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Coordinates: 43°50′32.8″N 10°30′38.97″E / 43.842444°N 10.5108250°E / 43.842444; 10.5108250


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