Il Pordenone and his city

The so-called studiolo of Il Pordenone is located in a private building, once owned by the painter.

In 1989, an important cycle of frescoes attributed to the artist was discovered inside. Among the mythological and secular scenes, a remarkable view of the bridge over the Noncello stands out, visible from the windows of his home.

Dove si trova: Piazza San Marco, 33170, Pordenone, PN

In the Duomo Concattedrale di San Marco, on one of the octagonal pillars, the figure of Saint Roch is painted. A well-established tradition identifies it as a self-portrait of the painter.

Il Pordenone portrays himself in elegant sixteenth-century dress, set within a niche decorated with refined grotesques. The fresco is flanked by Saint Erasmus and the Madonna and Child, works by the same artist from the early decades of the sixteenth century.

Dove si trova: Piazza San Marco, 33170, Pordenone, PN

Preserved in the Duomo, the painting is considered one of the great masterpieces of Giovanni Antonio de' Sacchis, known as Il Pordenone. The Virgin shelters the patron and his family beneath her mantle. At the sides appear Saint Joseph with the Child and Saint Christopher.

In the background, one can recognise the castle of Pordenone, built in the second half of the thirteenth century and the Furlana gate tower, once one of the two entrances to the walled city.

Dove si trova: Piazza San Marco, 33170, Pordenone, PN

Preserved in the Duomo Concattedrale di San Marco, the painting by Giovanni Antonio de’ Sacchis depicts the saint enthroned consecrating Saint Hermagoras, bishop of Aquileia.

Among the saints surrounding him, Saint George on horseback stands out with his banner, but with the colours of the cross reversed: a red field with a white cross. These are the colours of the coat of arms of the d’Alviano house. The altarpiece includes a detail that testifies to the bond between Pordenone and this noble lineage: the face of the saint is in fact a portrait of Livio Settimio, son of the condottiero Bartolomeo d’Alviano, lord of Pordenone.

Dove si trova: Piazza San Marco, 33170, Pordenone, PN

After a period of decline, in the seventeenth century the Ricchieri family experienced a new phase of prosperity. The restoration of the family’s prestige is reflected in the renovation of the palace, both in its façade and in its interiors. On the second floor, frescoes from the period depict the city’s two towers: Porta Furlana and Porta Trevigiana.

A valuable element for reconstructing the image of seventeenth-century Pordenone.

Dove si trova: Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, 51, 33170, Pordenone, PN

The statue was created to restore to the city, after five centuries, the living and dynamic presence of Il Pordenone. With this work from 2018, placed in front of the Loggia del Municipio, Fiorenzo Bacci (1940-2026) — a sculptor from Perugia who passed away in Pordenone in February 2026 — pays tribute to a great master of the sixteenth century and to his extraordinary work. Inspired by the presumed self-portrait of Saint Roch preserved in the Duomo Concattedrale di San Marco, the bronze sculpture, cast using the lost-wax technique, is conceived as a mobile icon.

Dove si trova: Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, 64, 33170, Pordenone, PN

On the façade of Palazzo Mantica, you can still admire painted columns on the first and second floors. They were designed to support architraves decorated with classical elements: ochre cornucopias on a blue background, vine scrolls and cartouches. Higher up, a fresco recounts an episode from ancient Rome described by Valerius Maximus: the combat of the consul Marcus Valerius Corvinus. Some scholars attribute the painting to Il Pordenone, an artist who excelled in large-scale wall frescoes.

Dove si trova: Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, 54, 33170, Pordenone, PN