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Special program on the occasion of the last days of the opening of the exhibition “Caravaggio meets Tanzio Varallo. Painting in Naples in the early seventeenth century” open until next January 11, 2015 in Toledo street, in Naples, in the spaces of Gallerie d’Italia in Palazzo Zevallos Stigliano. Friday 9 (16.30), Saturday 10 (12.00 and 18.00) and Sunday, January 11 (12.00 and 18.00) is scheduled cycle free guided tours led by Maria Cristina Terzaghi, curator of the event (if any reservation n . 081.7917392). Saturday, January 10, the visit of 18:00 will be preceded by a short lecture by Maria Cristina Terzaghi activity of Caravaggio in Naples.
The exhibition is sponsored and organized by Intesa Sanpaolo in cooperation with the Superintendence for the Historical, Artistic, Etnoantropologico and for the Museum of the City of Naples and the Palace of Caserta, theSuperintendence for the Historical, Anthropological Heritage of Abruzzo and the Association Giovanni Testori.
The exhibition, sponsored by Mibact (Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and the City of Naples, and curated by Maria Cristina Terzaghi, is a tribute to one of the greatest artists of the seventeenth century Italian, Antonio D’Enrico (Alagna valsesia about 1582 – Borgosesia? 1633) better known as Tanzio Varallo.
The exhibition shows the attention of audiences and critics in particular on the short but very fruitful period spent by the Vercelli in the territories of the Viceroyalty (Abruzzi) and Naples, when he came in contact with the genius of Caravaggio and he was forever marked.
“Tanzio Varallo meets Caravaggio. Painting in Naples in the early seventeenth century” also celebrates the figure of Giovanni Testori, in the aftermath of the twentieth anniversary of the death of the intellectual Lombard, first, in 1959 an exhibition dedicated to Tanzio and contributed greatly decisive to affirm the artistic stature of the painter of Alagna.
The exhibition features twenty works: thirteen Tanzio paintings are exhibited alongside works by artists active in Naples and the Viceroy – the “inner circle” of Caravaggio, according to the famous definition of Roberto Longhi – which, as Tanzio, were confronted very soon with painting by Caravaggio: Battistello Caracciolo, Louis Finson, Carlo Sellitto, Filippo Vitale. The same Michelangelo Merisi is represented in the exhibition by the Martyrdom of Saint Ursula (1610), beautiful work on display in the Gallery of Palazzo Zevallos Stigliano.
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Information
Venue: Art Italy – Palazzo Zevallos Stigliano, Naples, via Toledo 185
Open to the public: October 24, 2014 – January 11, 2015
Scientific curatorship: Maria Cristina Terzaghi
Scientific Committee: Lucia Arbace, Marco Bona Castellotti, Filippo Maria Ferro, Francesco Frangi, Fabrizio Magani, Giuseppe Porzio, Maria Cristina Terzaghi, Fabrizio Vona
Catalog: Silvana Editoriale
Information and reservations
Toll: 800.454229
info@palazzozevallos.com
www.gallerieditalia.com
Timetable
From Tuesday to Sunday from 10.00 am to 6.00 pm (last admission 5.30 pm)
Saturday from 10.00 am to 8.00 pm (last admission 7.30 pm)
closed on Mondays
Entrance
€ 5; reduced € 3
free admission to schools
