Tintoretto
February 25, 2012
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June 10, 2012
Modern Art (from the XV to the XIX century)
Jacopo Robusti (or Canal), better known as Tintoretto (1519-1594), is the only key Italian 16th century painter not to have had a major monographic exhibition devoted to his work to date. If we ignore the thematic exhibition of his portraits held in Venice in 1994, the last exhibition of his work was held in 1937, also because it is virtually impossible to move his huge Venetian canvases.
The exhibition on Tintoretto currently being prepared at the Scuderie is part of a broader program designed to explore the work of those artists who have helped to make the story of art in our country so unique and grandiose, ranging from Botticelli to Antonello da Messina, from Bellini to Caravaggio and, more recently, to Lorenzo Lotto and Filippino Lippi.
This exhibition, curated by Vittorio Sgarbi with the coordination by Giovanni Morello, is focused on the three main themes that distinguish Tintoretto's work: religion, mythology and portraiture, will be divided into sections comprising a handful of carefully selected and unquestioned masterpieces, beginning and ending with his two self-portraits of himself as a young man, from the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, and as an old man, from the Louvre.
The first section will be devoted to religious themes, opening with one of his first acknowledged works, Jesus Among the Doctors (1542) lent by the Milan Cathedral's Diocesan Museum, and ending with the Deposition (1594) from the Monastry of San Giorgio Maggiore, possibly his last work. In between, the exhibition will include such important works as the Madonna of the Treasurers and the Stealing of the Dead Body of St. Mark, both from the Gallerie dell'Accademia, the St Mary of Egypt and the St Mary Magdalen, from the Scuola Grande di San Rocco, and the unprecedented and spectacular juxtaposition of the Last Supper from the Venetian church of San Trovaso and another version of the same subject painted five years later, from the church of San Polo, to celebrate one of the Scuole del Sacramento's favorite themes.
The second floor will house the other two sections of the exhibition, starting with the section devoted to portraits. Even though he was in competition with Titian, his contemporaries yet recognized his "utterly exquisite eye in portraiture". Some of his most famous portraits from leading international collections will be on display in this section.
OPENING HOURS
Sunday to Thursday 10:00am to 8:00pm
Friday and Saturday 10:00am to 10:30pm
Last admission one hour before closing time
Closing day: none
Holidays closing day: none
REDUCED PRICE TICKET
€ 8,50
FULL PRICE TICKET
€ 10,00