{"id":8821,"date":"2025-09-26T15:09:25","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T13:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/luganolake.info\/listing\/pinacoteca-cantonale-zust\/"},"modified":"2026-11-11T15:49:58","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T14:49:58","slug":"zust-cantonal-art-gallery","status":"publish","type":"listing","link":"https:\/\/luganolake.info\/en\/listing\/zust-cantonal-art-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"Z\u00fcst Cantonal Art Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>Giovanni Z\u00fcst Cantonal Art Gallery<\/strong> houses a collection of works by artists active in the Canton of Ticino between the 17th and 19th centuries.<\/p>\n<p>The core of the collection was donated to the Canton of Ticino in 1966 by the art collector <strong>Giovanni Z\u00fcst (Basel, 1887 \u2013 Rancate, 1976)<\/strong>. It consists primarily of works by <strong>Antonio Rinaldi (1816\u20131875)<\/strong>, a painter originally from Tremona, just a few kilometres from Rancate. The gallery preserves approximately 100 of his paintings and more than 250 drawings.<\/p>\n<p>Giovanni Z\u00fcst&#8217;s relationship with art was instinctive, passionate and deeply engaging. A generous patron of the arts, he donated part of his silver collection to the <strong>Historisches Museum in St. Gallen<\/strong> in 1969, while his collection of Etruscan and Greek artefacts, donated in 1961, formed the original foundation of the <strong>Antikenmuseum in Basel<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The Mendrisiotto region, particularly through Rinaldi&#8217;s works, represents the most distinctly local aspect of the collection. However, the gallery also has a broader artistic dimension, exemplified by masterpieces by <strong>Giovanni Serodine and Giuseppe Antonio Petrini<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The gallery holds three works by <strong>Giovanni Serodine (1594\/1600\u20131630)<\/strong>, described by art historian Roberto Longhi as &#8220;not only the greatest painter from the Canton of Ticino, but also one of the most important figures in 17th-century Italian painting.&#8221; Among these works, <strong>Saint Peter in Prison<\/strong> is undoubtedly the most valuable masterpiece in the collection.<\/p>\n<p>The gallery also preserves a significant number of works by <strong>Giuseppe Antonio Petrini<\/strong>, originally from Carona and one of the leading figures of 18th-century Lombard painting.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, the <strong>19th century remains the most extensively represented period<\/strong>. Alongside Rinaldi, the collection includes paintings by important Ticino artists who all studied at the <strong>Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan<\/strong>, including Luigi Rossi, Adolfo Feragutti Visconti, Ernesto Fontana and Bernardino Pasta.<\/p>\n<p>The collections have continued to grow through new acquisitions, donations and loans. The <strong>Giovanni Z\u00fcst Art Gallery<\/strong> also plays an active role in promoting culture by regularly organising high-quality temporary exhibitions curated by prominent figures in the art world. 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