Orazio Borgianni's first monographic exhibition visits on social with curator

Closed to the public due to the Covid-19 emergency, the first monographic exhibition dedicated to Orazio Borgianni (Rome, 1574 - 1616), one of the most significant Caravaggesque painters, is being shown online.

The exhibition Orazio Borgianni. An Unquiet Genius in Caravaggio’s Rome, set up at the Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica in Palazzo Barberini in Rome, aims to retrace the painter’s art-historical story through as many as eighteen autograph works and present the artists who welcomed signicative influences from Borgianni, such as Carlo Saraceni, Antiveduto Gramatica, Giovanni Lanfranco, Simon Vouet, Giovanni Serodine, and many others.

On the Barberini Corsini National Galleries’Facebook social channel, exhibition curator Gianni Papi, through the #pilloledelcuratore column, virtually leads visitors through the rooms of the exhibition, illustrating some of the works on display. Short exhibition pills in which Papi describes the artistic masterpieces accompanied by musical tracks.

Among the works presented so far is theSelf-Portrait from around 1615 in which Borgianni shows himself unfiltered in a moment of physical and psychological suffering. The work is on loan from theNational Academy of San Luca.

Image: Orazio Borgianni, Self-Portrait (c. 1615; oil on canvas, 65.4 x 50.2 cm; Rome, Accademia Nazionale di San Luca)

Orazio Borgianni's first monographic exhibition visits on social with curator

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