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'''Museo Civico Ala Ponzone''' is a public [[museum]] and art gallery located in the 16th-century Palazzo Affaitati in [[Cremona]], [[Italy]] .
[[File:Cremona, museo civico, ingresso.JPG|thumb|right|Museo Civico Ala Ponzone]]
'''Museo Civico Ala Ponzone''' is a public [[museum]] and art gallery located in the 16th-century Palazzo Affaitati in [[Cremona]], [[Italy]].


==History==
==History==
The core of the original collection was donated in 1842 by [[Giuseppe Sigismondo Ala Ponzone]] and supplemented from works from suppressed ecclesiastical institutions. Among the works in the collection are a ''St Francis of Assisi in Meditation'' by [[Caravaggio]] and ''L'ortolano'' by [[Giuseppe Arcimboldi]]. It houses a display of decorated and engraved metalwork, called Sala del Platina, mainly completed during 1477-1480 for the Cathedral of Cremona by the Giovanni Maria da Piadena, called il Platina. The museum also houses historic musical instruments, including a collection by [[Carlo Alberto Carutti]].
The core of the original collection was donated in 1842 by [[Giuseppe Sigismondo Ala Ponzone]] and was supplemented from works from suppressed ecclesiastical institutions. Among the works in the collection are a ''[[Saint Francis in Meditation (Caravaggio)|Saint Francis in Meditation]]'' by [[Caravaggio]] and ''[[The Gardener (Arcimboldo)|The Gardener]]'' by [[Giuseppe Arcimboldo]].

In the Sala del Platina, a section in the museum, is a large [[sacristy]] [[armoire]] or cabinet, called the Armadio del Platina, originally from [[Cremona Cathedral]]. The [[Renaissance art|Renaissance]]-style wood cabinet has a series of [[intarsia]] tableaux, completed during 1477–1480 by Giovanni Maria da Piadena, called il Platina, and restored for this museum in 2007.

The museum also houses historic musical instruments, with the nucleus being a collection donated by [[Carlo Alberto Carutti]].


==External links==
==External links==
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*[http://musei.comune.cremona.it/PostCE-display-ceid-3.phtml Official website]
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[[Category:Museums in Lombardy]]
[[Category:Museums in Lombardy]]
[[Category:Art museums and galleries in Lombardy]]
[[Category:Art museums and galleries in Lombardy]]
[[Category:Musical instrument museums]]
[[Category:Musical instrument museums in Italy]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Cremona]]

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Latest revision as of 12:26, 13 April 2023

Museo Civico Ala Ponzone

Museo Civico Ala Ponzone is a public museum and art gallery located in the 16th-century Palazzo Affaitati in Cremona, Italy.

History

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The core of the original collection was donated in 1842 by Giuseppe Sigismondo Ala Ponzone and was supplemented from works from suppressed ecclesiastical institutions. Among the works in the collection are a Saint Francis in Meditation by Caravaggio and The Gardener by Giuseppe Arcimboldo.

In the Sala del Platina, a section in the museum, is a large sacristy armoire or cabinet, called the Armadio del Platina, originally from Cremona Cathedral. The Renaissance-style wood cabinet has a series of intarsia tableaux, completed during 1477–1480 by Giovanni Maria da Piadena, called il Platina, and restored for this museum in 2007.

The museum also houses historic musical instruments, with the nucleus being a collection donated by Carlo Alberto Carutti.

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