Art in the Castle

By Rocca Sanvitale di Fontanellato

The Rocca, an architectural work of great charm, is an extraordinary container of pieces of art. Like a treasure chest, it encloses its jewels: paintings, frescoes, furnishings, furniture embellish every corner.

Knights at Battle (17th Century (end)) by Pier Ilario SpolveriniRocca Sanvitale di Fontanellato

Pier Ilario Spolverini, Battaglia di Cavalieri

The ceiling (18th Century)Rocca Sanvitale di Fontanellato

The ceiling in the Reception Hall

The Cardinal and Theological Virtues (18th Century) by Carlo PredaRocca Sanvitale di Fontanellato

Carlo Preda, Le virtù cardinali e teologali

The Last Supper (17th Century) by Bartolomeo SchedoniRocca Sanvitale di Fontanellato

Bartolomeo Schedoni, L'ultima cena

Detail - Galeazzo Sanvitale (19th Century) by Unknown painterRocca Sanvitale di Fontanellato

Portraits in the Galleria degli Antenati

North lodge fresco- detail (16th Century)Rocca Sanvitale di Fontanellato

Cesare Baglioni, Fresko in the northern loggia

North loggia fresco - detail (16th Century)Rocca Sanvitale di Fontanellato

Cesare Baglioni, Fresko in the northern loggia

The portrait of Jacopo Sanvitale (19th Century) by Gaetano SignoriniRocca Sanvitale di Fontanellato

Gaetano Signorini, Portrait of Jacopo Sanvitale

Still-life with meat (17th Century) by Felice BoselliRocca Sanvitale di Fontanellato

Felice Boselli, Still-life with meat

The fireplace - detail (16th Century)Rocca Sanvitale di Fontanellato

Caryatid

The portrait of Galeazzo Sanvitale (19th Century) by Unknown painterRocca Sanvitale di Fontanellato

Portrait of Galeazzo Sanvitale

Putto, fresco in the lodge in the inside courtyard (17th Century) by Felice BoselliRocca Sanvitale di Fontanellato

Fresco in the loggia

Count Jacopo Antonio Sanvitale (18th Century) by Giuseppe BaldrighiRocca Sanvitale di Fontanellato

Giuseppe Baldrighi, Portrait of Jacopo Antonio Sanvitale

Painting by Giuseppe Alinovi (19th Century)Rocca Sanvitale di Fontanellato

Giuseppe Alinovi, Rocca Sanvitale in the middle of the 19th Century

Atteone deer (16th Century) by Francesco Mazzola, ParmigianinoRocca Sanvitale di Fontanellato

Parmigianino, Room of Diana and Acteon

The clavicembalo, inner cover (18th Century)Rocca Sanvitale di Fontanellato

Cover of the harpsichord

A fresco (20th Century)Rocca Sanvitale di Fontanellato

Fresco discovered in 1996

Bartolomeo Schedoni, Madonna col Bambino e i santi Chiara e Francesco e San Giovannino (17th Century)Rocca Sanvitale di Fontanellato

Bartolomeo Schedoni, Madonna col Bambino e i Santi Chiara e Francesco e San Giovannino

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