Milan, a major exhibition on Giovanni Battista Moroni at the Gallerie d'Italia

Dedicated to Giovanni Battista Moroni (Albino, c. 1520 - 1578) is the winter exhibition 2023-2024 at the Gallerie d ’Italia in Milan. Running from December 6, 2023 to April 1, 2024 at the Gallerie d’Italia in Piazza Scala, the exhibition Moroni (1521-1580) . A Portrait of His Time is a monograph on the great artist from Bergamo, among the greatest interpreters of Lombard Renaissance painting, curated by Arturo Galansino and Simone Facchinetti. The author also of significant devotional works, which are featured in the exhibition, Moroni is best known, however, for his innovative work as a portraitist. Many of the portraits made by the artist exhibited in Milan defined as “portraits in action,” modern depictions of characters who, through a gesture, a glance, come into contact with the viewer, overcoming the emotional distance and static nature of official portraiture.

The Milanese exhibition, through nine sections, aims to restore a well-rounded image of the painter, starting with his beginnings at Moretto’s workshop and continuing with comparisons with other contemporary artists active in the Lombard area such as Lorenzo Lotto, Gerolamo Savoldo and Moretto. In order to achieve maximum exhibition completeness, the paintings are placed side by side with works by Titian, Veronese and Tintoretto, to delineate a dialogue with the artistic productions of the time, ranging even beyond regional borders.

Lenders include both important Italian institutions-such as Accademia Carrara of Bergamo and Fondazione Brescia Musei, which are also partners in the exhibition, Gallerie degli Uffizi, Pinacoteca di Brera, and Gallerie dell’Accademia of Venice- as well as major international institutions, such as The National Gallery in London, Musée du Louvre, Museo Nacional del Prado, Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, Gemäldegalerie - Staatliche Museen in Berlin, National Gallery of Art in Washington, Philadelphia Museum of Art.

The exhibition is part of the initiatives of Bergamo Brescia Italian Capital of Culture 2023and enjoys the High Patronage of the President of the Republic.

Milan, a major exhibition on Giovanni Battista Moroni at the Gallerie d'Italia

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