Pinacoteca d'Arte Francescana

The Convent of Sant’Antonio a Fulgenzio in Lecce houses the precious collection of the Pinacoteca d’Arte Francescana, featuring paintings dating from the 17th and 18th centuries.

The works come mainly from the oldest Franciscan convents in the area, located in Casarano, Francavilla Fontana, Galatina, Galatone, Lecce, Lequile, Manduria, Salice Salentino, Soleto, Squinzano and Taranto.

Among the artists, primarily from Salento, are Frate Giacomo da San Vito dei Normanni, who lived in the 17th century and painted the “Madonna della rosa” and “San Francesco riceve le sacre stimmate”, and Father Raffaello Pantaloni, author of a series of watercolor and tempera studies, preparatory sketches for the frescoes of the church attached to the convent. Other notable names include Serafino Elmo, Oronzo Tiso and fra Francesco da Martina Franca.

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