Caravaggio on exhibition in Milan
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Riposo durante la fuga in Egitto, 1596-1597. Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Roma © 2017 Amministrazione Doria Pamphilj s.r.l.
CARAVAGGIO ON EXHIBITION IN MILAN
One of the most long-awaited exhibitions of autumn 2017 is the exhibition dedicated to Caravaggio in Milan.
It doesn’t often happen that you have the chance to admire so many works by Michelangelo Merisi all together.
The exhibition Inside Caravaggio housed at the Palazzo Reale (the Royal Palace) in Milan from September 29th 2017 to January 28th 2018 will feature 20 masterpieces.
READ ALSO: The life of Caravaggio, 5 things to know.
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, La Buona Ventura, 1597. Musei Capitolini-Pinacoteca Capitolina, Roma
A chance to admire for the first time Caravaggio’s canvases next to their respective X-ray images which will allow you to discover, through an innovative use of multimedia tools, the moment in which the idea came into Caravaggio’s mind and its transformation into painting.
What are the paintings coming from abroad that I can’t wait to see?
Holy Family with St. John the Baptist (1604-1605) from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and Salome with the Head of John the Baptist (1607 or 1610) from the National Gallery, London.
READ ALSO: Still life Caravaggio, Caravaggio’s Basket of Fruit.
CARAVAGGIO ON EXHIBITION: TICKETS AND INFORMATIONS
Dentro Caravaggio
Milan, Palazzo Reale, Piazza Duomo
From 29 september 2017 to 28 january 2018
website: http://www.caravaggiomilano.it
Open: tuesday, wednesday, sunday from 9,30 to 20,00; thursday, friday and saturday from 9.30 to 22.30; monday from 14,30 to 22,30.
Tickets: € 13,00.
Infoline: tel. 02/92800375 – www.vivaticket.it
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Ritratto di un cavaliere di Malta, 1608. Galleria Palatina di Palazzo Pitti, Firenze – Gabinetto Fotografico delle Gallerie degli Uffizi.
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, San Francesco in estasi, 1597. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT. The Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary Catlin Sumner Collection Fund. Foto di Allen PhillipsWadsworth Atheneum.
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