Pinacoteca Civica,

Palazzo Trinci  


The art gallery is laid out in eight rooms in Palazzo Trinci:

  • Rooms 1-4 on the piano nobile; and
  • Rooms 5-8 on the floor below.

The works of art are identified by their gallery numbers.

Room 1

27.  Martyrdom of St Barbara (1449)

This composite fresco from Santa Caterina Vecchia (see Walk II), which is signed by Bartolomeo di Tommaso and dated, was probably commissioned in thanks for the delivery of the city (or perhaps the donor) from the plague.  It was detached in 1873.  In the main scene, Santa Barbara is scalped and a group of kneeling nuns bear witness while shepherds survey a plague of locusts in the background.  The subsidiary scenes depict the Madonna di Loreto with angels and St Antony of Padua.  In each of these, a single kneeling nun (presumably the donor) says here rosary.

28.  Madonna and Child and saints (late 15th century)

This detached fresco, which is attributed to Pierantonio Mezzastris, came from San Domenico.  It depicts the Madonna and Child with SS John the Baptist and Dominic and musical angels.

29.  Madonna and Child with St Simon (late 15th century)

This detached fresco, which is attributed to Pierantonio Mezzastris, came from Chapter Room of San Francesco.   St Simon offers two doves to the Child, in a scene from the Presentation at the Temple.

30.  Crucifixion with saints (late 15th century)

This damaged detached fresco, which is attributed to Pierantonio Mezzastris, came from the chapel to the right of the presbytery in San Domenico.  It depicts the Crucifixion with the Virgin and SS John the Evangelist, Peter, Paul and the kneeling Mary Magdalene.  The sinopie survives in the original location; the figures of St Mary Magdalene and of the four angels in the fresco do not appear in it, which suggests that they were later additions.

31.  St Jerome as a cardinal and as a penitent (late 15th century)

This detached fresco, which is attributed to Pierantonio Mezzastris, came from the church of the Ospedale Vecchio di San Giovanni Battista (see Walk I). 

33. Madonna and Child with saints (late 15th century)

This detached fresco, which is attributed to Pierantonio Mezzastris, came from the Chapter Room of San Francesco.  It depicts the Madonna and Child with:

  • a lost saints, Blessed Peter Crisci, St Jerome as a cardinal and St Catherine of Alexandria on the right; and
  • SS Blaise, Jerome as a penitent, Bonaventure and Sebastian on the left. 

35.  The angel of the Annunciation (late 15th century)

This ruined detached fresco from San Domenico is attributed variously to Pierantonio Mezzastris or Benozzo Gozzoli and seems to have been part of a composition that included the Crucifixion at number 30 above.

36.  Madonna and Child with saints (1499)

This fresco, which is signed by Pierantonio Mezzastris and dated, was detached from an aedicule above the entrance to the convent of San Francesco in ca. 1860.  It depicts the Madonna and Child with SS John the Baptist and Francis.  A black and white photograph was subsequently inserted into the aedicule.

37.  Coronation of the Virgin (1486)

This detached fresco, which is signed by Pierantonio Mezzastris and dated, came from the church of the Ospedale Vecchio di San Giovanni Battista (see Walk I). 

40.  Stigmatisation of St Francis (15th century) 

This detached fresco, which is attributed to Nicolò di Liberatore, l' Alunno, came from the nunnery of Santa Lucia. 

43.  St Roch (1497)

This fresco, which is of unknown provenance, is attributed to Lattanzio di Nicolò.  It depicts St Roch showing the plague sore on his thigh to a kneeling donor.  The date of the work appears in the inscription.

66.  Madonna and Child (15th century)

This tiny panel in an ornate frame, which belongs to the Cassa di Risparmio di Foligno, is attributed to Nicolò di Liberatore, l' Alunno.

Un-numbered: Annunciation (15th century)

This fresco from a house in Via Piermarini is attributed to Nicolò di Liberatore, l' Alunno.

Un-numbered: Pietà with angels (15th century)

This dark panel, which belongs to the Cassa di Risparmio di Foligno, is attributed to Nicolò di Liberatore, l' Alunno.

Un-numbered: Predella panels (1491)

These panels of angels and prophets, which are signed by Nicolò di Liberatore, l' Alunno and dated, formed the predella of a large altarpiece of the Pietà that Alunno executed with his son, Lattanzio for the church of Santa Maria delle Grazie, Todi.  The main panel has been lost.

Un-numbered: Gonfalone della Confraternita di San Vitale (15th century)

This double-sided standard, which is attributed to Pietro di Giovanni, il Mazzaforte, came from the confraternity’s oratory in Assisi (see Walk I, Assisi).  On one side, the Virgin commends the brothers to Christ, who confers his blessing.  Both of these figures are in a mandorla supported by angels.  On the other side, there is a Crucifixion with the Virgin and St John the Evangelist and, below, the Blessed Vitale surrounded by the kneeling brothers, with SS Francis and Clare.  (The Blessed Vitale was a hermit who founded the confraternity in ca. 1362 on Mount Subiaso.)  [Check attribution – Alunno??]

Un-numbered: St Michael (late 15th century)

This work, which is attributed to Lattanzio di Nicolò, came from the Oratorio della Nunziatella.

Room 2 

17.  St Catherine of Alexandria (early 15th century)

This detached fresco of the saint carrying a sword and standing beside a wheel is of unknown provenance.

18.  Annunciation (early 15th century)

This detached fresco, which is attributed to Andrea di Cagno, came from the Palazzo Cibo Nocchi (see Walk II). 

19.  Madonna del Latte (early 15th century)

This detached fresco, which is attributed to Giovanni di Corraduccio, il Mazzaforte, came from San Claudio (see Walk II).  Another fresco from this church, which depicts the young St Benedict receiving water from an older monk, is also sometimes attributed to Mazzaforte.

21.  Way to Calvary (15th century)

The Pinacoteca includes this fresco among those from San Giovanni Decollato, but the presence of an image of St Claudius (with a set square) in the lower right-hand corner makes it more likely that it came from San Claudio (see Walk II).

23-5.  Frescoes from San Giovanni Decollato (ca. 1428)

These detached frescoes, which are attributed to Giovanni di Corraduccio, il Mazzaforte, were detached in 1869 when the church (see Walk I) was demolished.  They include: 

  • the Madonna della Misercordia (23);

  • the Crucifixion with the Virgin and SS John the Baptist and Mary Magdalene (24); and

  • a fragment of a the Madonna and Child (25).

Un-numbered: SS Benedict and Scholastica (mid-15th century)

This detached fresco of the saints in an architectural environment came from San Claudio (see Walk II).

Room 3  

45.  Madonna di Loreto and Pietà (1494)

This detached fresco, which is attributed to Ugolino di Gisberto,  is of unknown provenance.

47.  Madonna and Child with angels (15th century)

Only the upper part of this detached fresco from the church of the Ospedale Vecchio di San Giovanni Battista (see Walk I) survives.  It is attributed to Ugolino di Gisberto.

Un-numbered: Madonna and Child enthroned (1491)

This detached fresco, which is attributed to Ugolino di Gisberto, came from Santa Caterina Vecchia (see Walk II).  It depicts the Madonna and Child with angels and a kneeling donor.

Un-numbered: Madonna and Child with saints (15th century)

This detached fresco, which is attributed to Ugolino di Gisberto, was discovered in Palazzo Barnabò in Piazza XX Settembre (see Walk II) in 1908.  It depicts the Madonna and Child with SS Michael and Francis.  The baby Jesus lifts His tunic to show his genitals, presumably to emphasise his humanity.

Room 4

52.  View of Foligno (17th century)

This long panel by Ascensidonio Spacca, il Fantino probably came from the Palazzo Comunale (see Walk I).  It depicts the view of the city from Porta Romana in the 17th century.

54.  Madonna and Child with saints (early 16th century)

This fresco, which is attributed to Feliciano de’ Muti, came from the nunnery of Sant’ Anna.  It depicts the Madonna and Child enthroned with the young St John the Baptist and SS Francis and Antony of Padua.

55.  St Amicus (1508)

This detached fresco, which is attributed to Bernardino Mezzastris and dated by inscription, came from the church of the the Ospedale Vecchio di San Giovanni Battista (see Walk I).

56.  Pietà with saints (1543)

This dated fresco of the Pieta with the Virgin and SS Francis, John the Evangelist and Clare is from San Claudio (see Walk II).

57.  St Augustine (early 16th century)

This detached fresco, which is attributed to Lattanzio di Nicolò, came from the nunnery of Sant’ Elisabetta (see Walk I), and was in Santa Margherita (see Walk II) before being moved to Palazzo Trinci.  It depicts St Augustine in prayer before a Crucifix, with a kneeling monk, presumably the donor.

58.  Madonna and Child with angels (16th century)

This fresco, which is attributed to Bernardino da Mariotto, came from Santa Lucia.

62.  Martyrdom of St Catherine of Alexandria (16th century)

This detached fresco which is attributed to Dono Doni, came from the nunnery of Santa Caterina Vecchia (see Walk II).   In the main scene, a grinning executioner beheads St Catherine in front of the Emperor.  The frescoed lunette depicts St Catherine in glory.

67.  Nativity (16th century)

This fresco fragment, which depicts the baby Jesus lying in a meadow, came from the Ospedale Vecchio di San Giovanni Battista (see Walk I).

Room 5

14.  St Antony Abbot (early 15th century)

This detached fresco is from San Domenico.

15.  Coronation of the Virgin (early 15th century)

This detached fresco in which angels crown the Virgin is from the church of San Giovanni Decollato (see Walk I).

16.  Verification of the True Cross (late 14th century)

This fresco fragment, which is attributed to the Maestro dell’ Abside Destra di San Francesco di Montefalco, came fromthe church of the nunnery of Sant’ Agnese (see Walk I).  It depicts a scene in which the True Cross is identified when it brings a corpse back to life.

Room 6

9-11.  Frescoes from San Claudio  (late 14th century)

These detached frescoes San Claudio (see Walk II) include:

  • a Pietà with St Catherine of Alexandria (9);

  • a representation of the Trinity in a mandorla with SS Paul and Lawrence and two angels (10); and

  • a large figure of St Helen with smaller figures of SS Margaret, Antony Abbot and an unknown female saint (11).

12.  Fresco fragment (late 14th century)

This fragment of a head of St Catherine of Alexandria probably came from San Claudio (see Walk II).

Room 7

1-4. Scenes from the Passion (late 14th century)

These detached frescoes, which are attributed to the Maestro dell’ Abside Destra di San Francesco di Montefalco were detached from the nunnery of Sant' Elisabetta (see Walk I) in 1909. They depict:

  • Christ in the garden (1);

  • the capture of Christ, in which Judas kisses Christ as He warns Peter not to throttle one of His captors (2);

  • the way to Calvary (3); and

  • the main scene of the Crucifixion (4), of which only the upper part survives.

This cycle seems also to have included frescoes 5 and 6 in Room 8 - see below.

Room 8

5-8.  Detached frescoes (late 14th century)

These detached frescoes, which have the same attribution and provenance as those in Room 7 , depict:

  • the Deposition (5);

  • the Resurrection (6);

  • a pious woman (7); and

  • a fragment in which a female saint hands out what seem to be small scrolls to a group of young women (8).


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