From Artemisia to Hackert: the Reggia di Caserta shows the collection of Cesare Lampronti

The Hall of the Halberdiers, the Hall of the Body Guards and the 18th-century Retrostanze of the historic apartments of the Royal Palace of Caserta will host works belonging to gallery owner Cesare Lampronti from Sept. 13, 2019 to Jan. 13, 2020.

Curated by Lampronti Gallery, the exhibition From Artemisia to Hackert. History of an Antiquarian Collector at the Reggia aims to bring the world of private collecting and art galleries closer to that of museums, emphasizing the link between the works already in the royal collection and the Lampronti Gallery paintings, and thus enhancing the appeal of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century painting.

On the occasion of this review, Jakob Philipp Hackert’s Port of Salerno, a missing “piece” from the series of Ports created by Hackert for King Ferdinand IV of Bourbon, will be exhibited for the first time in Caserta. An opportunity, therefore, to show visitors the entire series of the Ports of the Kingdom, recently restored. The project includes the exhibition of additional paintings of views of Naples and Campania by painters in the Reggia’s collection.

The chosen works refer to five different themes: Caravaggesque paintings, seventeenth-century painting, views, landscapes and still lifes. In addition, one room will be dedicated to the project Immagini in cerca di autore, a section of paintings by unknown authors, whose attribution will be the subject of study and debate by scholars and researchers.

The Reggia di Caserta has long played a role as a center of cultural dissemination and a place dedicated to study and research, thanks to its collaboration with universities and cultural institutes in Campania and with the network of Italian museums.
Study days will be scheduled, involving experts from the academic world, with in-depth studies on topics such as: the art market, the link between private collecting and public institutions, and Neapolitan painting of the 17th and 18th centuries.

For info: www.reggiadicaserta.beniculturali.it

Image: Jakob Philipp Hackert, Port of Salerno

From Artemisia to Hackert: the Reggia di Caserta shows the collection of Cesare Lampronti

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