Starting today, Antonello da Messina's Tavola Bifronte is on display at Catania's Castello Ursino for Sgarbi's exhibition

In the exhibition spaces of the Ursino Castle in Catania, where the exhibition"From Giotto to de Chirico - Hidden Treasures " curated by Vittorio Sgarbi is underway until May 20, 2018, Antonello da Messina’s Tavola Bifronte will be on display from today.

The 15th-century work depicts on one side the Madonna and Child Blessing and Franciscan in adoration , and on the other sideEcce Homo.

The panel, preserved in the Regional Museum of Messina, can be dated to 1465-1470. It had belonged to the private Berlin collection of Wilhelm Soldan since 1930, and in 2003 it was purchased at a Christie’s auction by the Sicilian Region.

Image: Antonello da Messina, Tavola Bifronte (1465-1470; tempera on panel, 16 x 11.9 cm; Messina, Museo Regionale)

Starting today, Antonello da Messina's Tavola Bifronte is on display at Catania's Castello Ursino for Sgarbi's exhibition

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