Sandro Boticelli
The story of Virginia the Roman (detail), c.1500
tempera and gold on wood panel
Accademia Carrara, Bergamo
Renaissance splendour at National Gallery of Australia The exhibition ‘Renaissance – 15th & 16th Century Italian Paintings from the Accademia Carrara, Bergamo’ is the first ever exhibition in Australia dedicated to Renaissance paintings.
9 December 2011 – 9 April 2012
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Source: National Gallery of Australia / theartwolf.com
The exhibition includes more than 70 paintings by masters such as Raphael, Botticelli, or Mantegna – artists whose paintings have never been seen in Australia. The National Gallery of Australia explains in a press note that none of the works in the exhibition has ever left Europe before, and that these paintings are only able to be loaned because the Accademia Carrara in Bergamo is currently closed due to renovations.
Dr Ron Radford AM, Director of the National Gallery of Australia, said that the exhibition is “an unparalleled opportunity for Australians to see works of extraordinary quality created by masters of the Early and High Renaissance period without having to travel overseas“.
Highlights of the exhibition include Andrea Mantegna’s “Saint Bernardino of Siena” (c.1450), Giovanni Bellini’s “Madonna and Child” (c.1475-1476), Sandro Botticelli’s “The story of Virginia the Roman” (c.1500), Raphael’s “Saint Sebastian” (c.1501-1502) and Perugino’s “Nativity” (c.1504).
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