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National Picture Gallery

Telephone: +39 0532 209370
Fax: +39 0532 212266
E-mail: infotur@provincia.fe.it

Created in 1836, the Picture Gallery was the first public collection of Ferrarese paintings, put together to bring a halt to the dispersion of local artistic patrimony by setting up a modern museum in which to conserve and promote Ferrara's art and culture.

In 1958, the Picture Gallery, until then consisting mainly of medium-sized and large works with holy themes, passed under the national trust. In the following years it was enriched by donations and collections: today the museum has more than two hundred holy and profane works that offer the visitor a full view of Ferrarese painting between the 13^thand the 17^thcenturies. The works are arranged in the rooms of the piano nobile, such as the Hall of Honour, decorated with beautiful 16^th-century ceilings.