Art collection

The ancient art collection

Villa Cagnola’s art collection is one of the finest private collections of panels, mostly with a gold background, by Tuscan and Venetian painters of the 14th and 15th centuries and Lombard painters of the 15th and 16th centuries. Among others are Ercole de’ Roberti, the Master of the Madonna Cagnola, Jacopo Bellini and the Vivarini. In the sphere of 17th and 18th century painting, the Venetian Francesco Guardi stands out with several works.

It also includes one of the richest and most comprehensive collections of European and Oriental ceramics, majolica and porcelain; it ranges from the early 14th century to the late 19th century, travelling in an imaginary journey through the states of Western Europe to the Far East.
Also noteworthy are the numerous Flemish and French tapestries, precious antique furniture, bronze plates and sculptures.

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A look at the collection

Giuseppe Maggiolini, inlaid neoclassical console, 92 x 104 x 47.5 cm, inv. MO.33.

Yanyan-type trumpet-neck baluster vase, China, Zheijiang, Yuan dynasty, early-mid 14th century, stoneware, Longquan celadon-type blanket, inv. CO.01

Coin cupboard, wood covered with dyed, engraved and gilded leather, Venice, late 16th century, 43 x 79 x 33 cm, inv. MO.09.

Lombard cabinetmaker and G. B. Monza (goldsmith), coin cabinet, 17th century, 38 x 49 x 32 cm, inventory no. MO.11.

Cuccomos manufacturing, Saint Francis in ecstasy, hard porcelain, circa 1769, inventory no. PO.342 and 343.

Doccia manufacture, Terraemarique table centerpiece, polychrome hard porcelain, circa 1757, inventory no. PO.278.

Meissen manufacture, pair of candlesticks (allegories of Summer and Winter), polychrome hard porcelain, circa 1750-60, inventory no. PO.46.

Attributed to Nicola da Urbino, Madonna with Child and Saint John the Baptist, 1525-30, maiolica plaque, Gazzada (Va), Villa Cagnola Collection, inventory no. MA.009.

Circle of Agostino Busti, known as Bambaia (attributed), Madonna with Child, marble, 39 x 37 cm, inventory no. SC.09.

Basket of fruit. Della Robbia.

Francesco Carradori, The truth revealed by time by Corradori, terracotta, height 56 cm, inv. SC.34.

Goblet cup, China, Quing dynasty, Kangxi era (1662-1722), porcelain, inv. CO.30.

Council of the Gods, Flemish tapestry maker, Council of the Gods, second quarter 16th century, wool and silk, 138 x 154 cm, inv. AR.02.

Pietro Bernini (attr.), Orpheus and Eurydice, terracotta, height 45 cm, inv. SC.19.

Flemish tapestry maker (Bruges?), Madonna and Child with Saints (the Four Crowned Saints), early 16th century (1502?), wool and silk, 95 x 326 cm, inv. AR.01.

Neoclassical inlaid console table — Giuseppe Maggiolini, inlaid neoclassical console, 92 x 104 x 47.5 cm, inv. MO.33.

Chinese vase — Yanyan-type trumpet-neck baluster vase, China, Zheijiang, Yuan dynasty, early-mid 14th century, stoneware, Longquan celadon-type blanket, inv. CO.01

Coin cupboard — Coin cupboard, wood covered with dyed, engraved and gilded leather, Venice, late 16th century, 43 x 79 x 33 cm, inv. MO.09.

Lombard cabinetmaker — Lombard cabinetmaker and G. B. Monza (goldsmith), coin cabinet, 17th century, 38 x 49 x 32 cm, inventory no. MO.11.

Cuccomos manufacturing — Cuccomos manufacturing, Saint Francis in ecstasy, hard porcelain, circa 1769, inventory no. PO.342 and 343.

Doccia manufacture — Doccia manufacture, Terraemarique table centerpiece, polychrome hard porcelain, circa 1757, inventory no. PO.278.

Meissen manufacture — Meissen manufacture, pair of candlesticks (allegories of Summer and Winter), polychrome hard porcelain, circa 1750-60, inventory no. PO.46.

Madonna with Child and Saint John the Baptist — Attributed to Nicola da Urbino, Madonna with Child and Saint John the Baptist, 1525-30, maiolica plaque, Gazzada (Va), Villa Cagnola Collection, inventory no. MA.009.

Madonna with Child — Circle of Agostino Busti, known as Bambaia (attributed), Madonna with Child, marble, 39 x 37 cm, inventory no. SC.09.

Basket of fruit — Basket of fruit. Della Robbia.

The truth revealed by time by Corradori — Francesco Carradori, The truth revealed by time by Corradori, terracotta, height 56 cm, inv. SC.34.

Goblet cup — Goblet cup, China, Quing dynasty, Kangxi era (1662-1722), porcelain, inv. CO.30.

Council of the Gods — Council of the Gods, Flemish tapestry maker, Council of the Gods, second quarter 16th century, wool and silk, 138 x 154 cm, inv. AR.02.

Bernini's Orpheus — Pietro Bernini (attr.), Orpheus and Eurydice, terracotta, height 45 cm, inv. SC.19.

Flemish tapestry maker — Flemish tapestry maker (Bruges?), Madonna and Child with Saints (the Four Crowned Saints), early 16th century (1502?), wool and silk, 95 x 326 cm, inv. AR.01.

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