Five great altarpieces by Titian, Tintoretto and Veronese together for the first time in Cuneo

The Complesso Monumentale di San Francesco in Cuneo is hosting from Nov. 24, 2022 to March 5, 2023 the exhibition The Colors of Faith in Venice: Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese, curated by Fr. Gianmatteo Caputo and Giovanni Carlo Federico Villa, presented by Fondazione CRC and Intesa Sanpaolo and with the organizational support of MondoMostre.

The exhibition project presents for the first time in Cuneo five large altarpieces by Venetian Renaissance masters such as Titian, Tintoretto and Veronese from as many Venetian churches. The exhibition closes the initiatives carried out during 2022 to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the CRC Foundation.

The curators focused on the period between 1560 and 1565, and the selected works address the fundamental themes ofChristian iconography: the Annunciation and Incarnation of Christ, the Baptism, the Last Supper, the Crucifixion and the Resurrection. Among the objectives is to offer through the masterpieces on display a precise perception of how Venetian color was placed at the service of sacred narrative, reflecting lagoon spirituality.

Opening the exhibition will be Titian’sAnnunciation (1563-1565) from the Church of San Salvador. By Veronese, the Baptism of Christ (1560-1561) from the Church of the Redeemer and the Resurrection of Christ (c. 1560) from the Church of San Francesco della Vigna will be on display. By Tintoretto, theLast Supper (1561-1566) from the Church of Saints Gervasius and Protasius known as San Trovaso and the Crucifixion (c. 1560) from the Church of Santa Maria del Rosario known as dei Gesuati. Two of the works featured, Veronese’s Baptism of Christ and Tintoretto’s Crucifixion, were restored as part of past editions of Restituzioni, the restoration program curated and managed by Intesa Sanpaolo.

The exhibition project aims to highlight the role of Venice and the Serenissima Republic as a ’gateway to the world’ with its trade and diplomacy, and that of Cuneo as a gateway to the west across the Alps. It also wants to offer an opportunity to explore the role of these works in their Venetian context so that the visitor can understand the need for a reading that is carried out from the faithful perspective of the time, as well as make him reflect on the epochal importance of the artistic dialogue between Titian, Tintoretto and Veronese.

The exhibition is accompanied by a catalog published by MondoMostre edited by Don Gianmatteo Caputo and Giovanni Carlo Federico Villa.

Image: Tintoretto, Crucifixion, detail (1560; Venice, Church of Santa Maria del Rosario detta dei Gesuati)

Five great altarpieces by Titian, Tintoretto and Veronese together for the first time in Cuneo

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