Museo Civico Palazzo Donadoni
Municipal museum of Melfi in a seventeenth-century palace, with the Araneo collection, sculptures by Antonio Poppa and rock frescoes from Mount Vulture.
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About the museum
The Melfi municipal museum is housed in Palazzo Donadoni, a seventeenth-century building in the historic centre, and presents three main collections on the ground floor.
The Araneo collection, donated to the Comune in 1952, comprises 24 paintings from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century, including a Circumcision attributed to Giambattista Tiepolo. Alongside it are sculptures in lava stone and wood by the artist from Melfi Antonio Poppa, and some rock frescoes detached from the caves of Mount Vulture and restored, including “I Tre Santi” (The Three Saints) and “La Sacra Famiglia” (The Holy Family).
Highlights
- Araneo collection with 24 paintings from the 16th to the 19th century
- Circumcision attributed to Giambattista Tiepolo
- Sculptures in lava stone and wood by Antonio Poppa
- Rock frescoes detached from the caves of Mount Vulture
Permanent exhibitions
- Collezione Araneo – Twenty-four paintings from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century, donated to the Comune in 1952, including a Circumcision attributed to Giambattista Tiepolo.
- Sculture di Antonio Poppa e affreschi rupestri – Works in lava stone and wood by the artist from Melfi, and frescoes detached from the caves of Mount Vulture.
- Operated by
- Comune di Melfi
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