The exhibition in Rome continues at the Gallerie dell'Accademia in Venice
Carlo Saraceni, the Veneziano is coming back home
Carlo Saraceni, Maddalena Penitente, c.1613, Museo Civico di Vicenza
E. Bramati
21/03/2014
Venice - The first major exhibition of the 17th century painter Carlo Saraceni closed on March 2nd at the Museo Nazionale di Palazzo Venezia. After a considerable success it arrives now in Venice, in an a new setting at the Gallerie dell'Accademia from March 22nd to June 29th, 2014.
"Carlo Saraceni. A Venetian between Rome and Europe", is an exhibition designed by Rossella Vodret and curated by Maria Giulia Aurigemma. On this second occasion, it will be displayed through a specific itinerary, created in order to highlight the connections between the painter and the venetian territory, including Venice, where he was born in 1579 and died in 1620.
Saraceni was one of the earliest and most important interpreters of Caravaggio and contributed to the diffusion of the master's language through it original synthesis with color, which was largely adopted in Veneto in the 16th century.
In his twenties he started a promising career in the Capital, where he was better knowns as "Veneziano" (the Venetian). He was called to create a large canvas painting at Palazzo Ducale. Therefore, he came back to his birthplace, but here he died after few months.
Besides 60 works that were already on display in Rome, the Venice edition was extended with other major paintings. Among others: the drawing of "Andromeda" from the Gabinetto disegni e stampe of the Gallerie dell'Accademia, in a comparison with a small early work with the same subject-matter; "St.Roch" from the Galleria Doria Pamphili, next to "St. Jerome" by Jacopo da Bassano and the portrait of the "Penitent Magdalene" from the Pinacoteca Civica of Vicenza, with other two versions of it.
For this Venice edition, apart from the official catalogue already published for the exhibition in Rome, a short guide curated by Roberta Battaglia is going to be printed.
"Carlo Saraceni. A Venetian between Rome and Europe", is an exhibition designed by Rossella Vodret and curated by Maria Giulia Aurigemma. On this second occasion, it will be displayed through a specific itinerary, created in order to highlight the connections between the painter and the venetian territory, including Venice, where he was born in 1579 and died in 1620.
Saraceni was one of the earliest and most important interpreters of Caravaggio and contributed to the diffusion of the master's language through it original synthesis with color, which was largely adopted in Veneto in the 16th century.
In his twenties he started a promising career in the Capital, where he was better knowns as "Veneziano" (the Venetian). He was called to create a large canvas painting at Palazzo Ducale. Therefore, he came back to his birthplace, but here he died after few months.
Besides 60 works that were already on display in Rome, the Venice edition was extended with other major paintings. Among others: the drawing of "Andromeda" from the Gabinetto disegni e stampe of the Gallerie dell'Accademia, in a comparison with a small early work with the same subject-matter; "St.Roch" from the Galleria Doria Pamphili, next to "St. Jerome" by Jacopo da Bassano and the portrait of the "Penitent Magdalene" from the Pinacoteca Civica of Vicenza, with other two versions of it.
For this Venice edition, apart from the official catalogue already published for the exhibition in Rome, a short guide curated by Roberta Battaglia is going to be printed.
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