Palazzo Pinto, home to the Provincial Art Gallery of Salerno, is a building from the 1600s. It is located in the heart of the historic center of Salerno, in Via dei Mercanti. This area has represented an important commercial center since the Middle Ages, a few steps from the sea. The noble marble coat of arms of the Pinto family is present on the entrance portal and welcomes the visitor. Once you have crossed the threshold you enter via a staircase to the first floor of the building, which houses the Provincial Art Gallery of Salerno. At the beginning of the last century, Palazzo Pinto was donated to the provincial administration. It therefore first became the seat of the Provincial Library and then, starting from 2001, it housed the collections of the Provincial Art Gallery of Salerno. The works of the Provincial Art Gallery of Salerno The collection of the art gallery is truly vast and varied. It includes a series of paintings acquired during the 1900s by the Province, as well as others donated by the Pinto family. They are works whose chronological span goes from the 15th century to the 20th century. The artists represented all have to do with the territory, as often happens in a similar type of museum. Some of these artists are important names in the panorama of national art history. Some paintings were recovered from various churches in the area, others were created by native artists of the area. Still others by non-Campanian artists, including foreigners, who however spent part of their lives in the province of Salerno. The Buccino Polyptych by Andrea Sabatini from Salerno is undoubtedly one of the masterpieces of the collection. It represents the Madonna delle Grazie with Sant'Antonio, Sant'Agostino and San Michele Arcangelo. The influence of Raphael, the artist with whom Andrea collaborated, can be seen in it. But the Triptych of the Master of the Coronation of Eboli, the Assumption by Cristoforo Faffeo and the oils on panel by Severo Ierace are also worth mentioning. A rich collection of works from the 16th century and beyond. The 17th century is represented by Salomè with the head of the Baptist from Battistello Caracciolo's workshop. But the evocative Sacrifice of Isaac by Francesco Guarino is also worth mentioning.