Like most tourists, I am delighted facade. Perhaps the most photographed building in Ferrara. It is also nice and inner courtyard. Unfortunately, we did not have time to visit the exhibition.
As expected , most of the paintings had a religious theme, plenty of madonnas, lives of the saints etc.. Always good, though, to see inside of these old palaces.
At the first glance Ferrara seemed to be a bit sleepy and forgotten by the world on a very rainy and dark January evening. However, when walking from the car park to the city, we decided to see the current solo exhibition of the work by a Spanish painter (XVI century), We have experienced a very positive surprise. Not only that the presented works were partly breathtaking but also the way their were presented, described (bilingual commentaries on the walls), great lightning system, very well positioned on the wall but above all this- the place was full of the local audiences on bank holiday, Saturday evening!!!. Everybody finely dressed and really concentrated/engaged with the show. Wow!!! A great show and a fantastic realisation that places like Ferrara even if they are a museum it's a living one....
Lots and lots of religious paintings. No explanations in any language other than Italian. The audio guide was just about adequate, but only had explanations for a relatively small number of paintings.
We only saw the outside but what a building! The walls covered in so many diamond shapes. We could imagine the blingy taste of the banker who built it centuries ago! Unfortunately it was closed so we couldn't see the exhibition inside - many palaces and museums are closed on Mondays
My wife and I agreed that this was the lead interesting place we visited in Ferrara, I would leave it for last .
Didn't really enjoy this much. Although there were some fine paintings every time we talked about them staff shot us grim glances and disapproving looks!
I really expected more from this place. I didn't find it that impressive to be honest. Inner courtyard is just as unimpressive as the exterior of the Palazzo.
We saw a fantastic Matisse exhibition here, well laid out and accessable setting. Fascinating building.
We have been to Ferrara twice and both times the special exhibition was superb,this visit Zuberain and last visit Corot. in addition the permanent collection is excellent.