An exhibition in Piacenza on Genovesino and his stay in the city

After the success of the first-ever monographic exhibition held in Cremona this winter(here is our review), Luigi Miradori known as Il Genovesino (Genoa?, c. 1605-1610 - Cremona, 1656) returns as the protagonist of an exhibition event. In fact, the exhibition Il Genovesino e Piacenza (The Genovesino and Piacenza), from March 4 to June 10, 2018, is scheduled in Piacenza, at the Palazzo Galli of the Banca di Piacenza, organized to coincide with the opening of the walkways for a closer look at Pordenone’s frescoes in the basilica of Santa Maria di Campagna.

The exhibition intends to document the relationship between Genovesino and the city of Piacenza, where the artist stayed for some time (it is documented from 1632 to 1635): the painter would later leave Piacenza for Cremona, where he settled permanently, but his stay in the Emilian city was important as it gave him the opportunity to study the works of the artists who worked precisely in Santa Maria di Campagna. The exhibition at Palazzo Galli displays works from all over Italy, particularly works that relate to his stay in Piacenza. These are both works executed when the artist was present in Piacenza and works that were commissioned by local collectors when Genovesino had by then moved to Cremona.

The exhibition, accompanied by a catalog edited by Francesco Frangi, Valerio Guazzoni and Marco Tanzi (the curators of the successful Cremona exhibition, as well as its catalog) and published by Officina Libraria, opens to the public Tuesday through Saturday from 3 to 7 p.m., on holidays from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 3 to 7 p.m. Closed on non-holiday Mondays and on March 24 and 25. Extended opening on May 19, for Museum Night, from 9 p.m. to midnight. At the same time (same hours, same venue and same dates), it will also be possible to visit the exhibition I nuovi Ghittoni, which features works by Francesco Ghittoni (Rizzolo di San Giorgio, 1855 - Piacenza, 1928): the itinerary includes known paintings and unpublished drawings recently acquired by the Bank of Piacenza and never before shown in public.

Pictured: Luigi Miradori known as the Genovesino, Adoration of the Magi (canvas, 240 x 178 cm; Parma, Galleria Nazionale)

An exhibition in Piacenza on Genovesino and his stay in the city

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