PALAZZO PIANETTI

The 'Palazzo Pianetti' in Jesi or 'Pianetti Tesei' is a Rococo palace in the town of Jesi, Italy. Presently, it is owned by the town, and the palace and its adjacent building are used as a museum and exhibition site.
The Palace as now seen, was built in 1730, based on designs of Cardolo Maria Pianetti. The elaborate interior decorations with stucco and paint depict a variety of subjects and cycles. They include frescoes on stories of the Aenid by Placido Lazzarini, the second floor stanza was decorated by the Florentine Bandinelli.

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Pinacoteca

References

Pinacoteca

The adjacent building houses the civic picture gallery or ''Pinacoteca Civica''.
The most important works in the collection is a group of works by Lorenzo Lotto, completed 1512-1535 for the churches of S. Francesco al Monte and S. Floriano; these include the large altar-piece of the ''Deposition'' (1512); ''The Madonna of the Roses'', (1526), the three predellas of the altar-piece of St. Lucy, telling the story of her martyrdom (1532); and the Visitation (1531-35).
As well as the above mentioned works, the gallery contains paintings by:

★ Pomarancio

★ Carlo Cignani

★ Giacomo del Po

★ Cristoforo Unterberger

★ Alessandro Tiarini

★ Antonio Sarti

★ Pietro Paolo Agabiti

★ Giuliano Presutti

★ Francesco Trevisani

★ Carlo Maratta

★ Domenico Valeri

★ G.B. Battista Langetti

★ Guercino

★ Antonio Sarti

★ Gerolamo Marchesi da Cotignola

★ Nicola di maestro Antonio da Ancona

★ Francesco Albani

References

★ Commune de Jesi