Forlì and Marco Palmezzano
The lands of Romagna in the Renaissance find their highest representation in the paintings of Marco Palmezzano (Forlì, 1459-1539), “caro alievo” (‘dear pupil’) of Melozzo and master of perspective vision. His paintings fascinate with their glazed and compact oil painting and scenic backgrounds in which the protagonist is the landscape of the Forlì valleys, with its fortresses and bell towers.
In Forlì, the museum complex of San Domenico houses fourteen of his works, among which the altarpiece of Annunciazione stands out, where inside a vaulted nave on breach columns open onto a bright and animated landscape, the meeting between the Archangel Gabriel and the Virgin takes place. Inside the Abbey of San Mercuriale, among the three works by Palmezzano present, the large altarpieces L’Immacolata con il Padre Eterno e i santi Anselmo, Agostino e Stefano and La Madonna col Bambino e i santi, are fascinating.
Other works by Palmezzano are at the Church of San Antonio Abate in Ravaldino, the Cathedral of Santa Croce, the Church of San Biagio and the Fondazione Cassa dei Risparmi in Forlì.
Marco Palmezzano and Romagna
All’interno dell’Abbazia di San Mercuriale tra le tre opere di Palmezzano presenti, affascinano le grandi pale de Altre opere del Palmezzano sono presso la Chiesa di San Antonio Abate in Ravaldino, la cattedrale di Santa Croce, la Chiesa di San Biagio e la Fondazione Cassa dei Risparmi di Forlì.
Marco Palmezzano e la Romagna
Much of Romagna is home to Palmezzano’s great works. Other masterpieces of his are in Forlimpopoli at the Church of Santa Maria dei Servi, in Castrocaro Terme in the Church of St. Niccolò and St. Francesco, in Brisighella in the Collegiate Church of St. Michele and St. Giovanni Battista and in the Church of Santa Maria degli Angeli, in Dozza Imolese in the Church of Santa Maria Assunta, and in Faenza in the Civic Art Gallery.