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Galleria d'Arte Moderna Ricci Oddi

Piacenza’s modern art gallery, home to Klimt’s Portrait of a Lady, stolen in 1997 and found in 2019.

  • Piacenza
  • Gallery
Plan your visit
Where
Piacenza
Best for
Klimt’s Portrait of a Lady
Allow
1 hr 30 min
Tickets
From €10
Checked September 2026

Piacenza’s modern art gallery was the life project of the collector Giuseppe Ricci Oddi, who left the city his collection together with a purpose-built home designed by Giulio Ulisse Arata and completed in 1931.

Around 400 works of nineteenth- and twentieth-century art, mostly Italian, hang here, from Francesco Hayez and Giovanni Fattori to Umberto Boccioni and Carlo Carrà. The gallery is best known for Gustav Klimt’s Portrait of a Lady, stolen in 1997 and recovered in 2019, when a gardener clearing ivy from the outer wall found the painting behind a small hidden panel. It is a compact, calm museum that rewards an unhurried hour or two.

Five things worth finding

If you see nothing else, see these.

  1. Portrait of a LadyGustav Klimt

    The painting stolen in 1997 and found in 2019 behind a small hidden panel in the outer wall, now the gallery's best-known work.

  2. Portrait of a ManFrancesco Hayez, 1834

    The oldest work in the collection, a fine example of Romantic portraiture.

  3. The Macchiaioli landscapesGiovanni Fattori, Silvestro Lega, Telemaco Signorini

    Italian painters who worked with patches of light and color; look for the landscapes and country scenes.

  4. Canvases by Boccioni and CarràUmberto Boccioni, Carlo Carrà

    Early twentieth-century Italian modernism alongside the nineteenth-century core.

  5. Arata's octagonal hall and skylightsGiulio Ulisse Arata, 1931

    A layout that lets you walk through without retracing your steps, lit from above.The central hall of the gallery

Plan your visit

Everything you need before you go.

Tickets
From €10
Booking
No booking needed
Time needed
1 hr 30 min
Best time
Weekday mornings, when the rooms are quietest
Getting there
On Via San Siro in Piacenza’s historic center, a short walk from Piazza Cavalli and about 1.5 km from the train station. It sits outside the limited-traffic zone, with paid parking nearby; city buses also stop close by.

Reduced €7 for ages 6 to 18, over-65s and university students. Free under 6, visitors with disabilities and a companion, and ICOM members. Families: children under 18 enter free with two full-price adults. Last updated September 2026. Prices change, so check the official site before you go.

Head straight for the Klimt while its room is quiet, then double back through the nineteenth-century rooms. Combine it with lunch around Piazza Cavalli, a few minutes on foot.

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Good to know

How long should you spend at the Ricci Oddi Gallery?

About an hour and a half. It is a compact, calm museum, so an unhurried hour or two is ideal.

Is the Ricci Oddi Gallery worth visiting?

Yes, for Klimt’s Portrait of a Lady and for a survey of Italian painting of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It is compact and calm, so it never feels like a chore.

What is the story of the Klimt at Ricci Oddi?

The portrait was stolen in 1997 and found in 2019. A gardener clearing ivy from the outer wall came across it behind a small hidden panel.

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