Thirty Renaissance masterpieces on Marian iconography from private collections in Gorica

Until July 31, 2022 the Museum of St. Clare in Gorizia hosts the exhibition Mother. Thirty secret masterpieces for the most beautiful among women, curated by Don Alessio Geretti and the brainchild of the cultural association “Comitato di San Floriano” of Illegio.

In the framework of GO!2025 Nova Gorica-Gorizia European Capital of Culture, the exhibition is intended to be a new piece to make Gorizia a place of great interest, as well as to be a cultural attraction for the whole territory of Friuli-Venezia Giulia.

An immersion inMarian iconography through thirty works of considerable importance both for their high artistic quality and for the signatures of some of the most important Renaissance artists. In addition, all the works selected for the exhibition are never visible to the public, as they belong to private collections.

These include Palma the Elder’s Sacred Conversation dating from the second decade of the 16th century, Lazzaro Bastiani’s Madonna and Child from the late 15th century, the Madonna and Child by Giovanni Bellini and collaborators from the early 16th century, and the panel dedicated to The Sleep of the Child Jesus in the arms of His Mother, a 1525 work by Bernardino Luini, one of the most significant followers of Leonardo da Vinci. And again, the panel with the Madonna and Child between two saints by Giampietrino from around 1523, Antoniazzo Romano’s cusped panel with the Madonna and Child from the early 16th century, and the Flemish triptych with theAdoration of the Magi, attributable to the so-called Master of Embroidered Foliage, active between Bruges and Brussels in the late 15th century. Finally, the two works that stand at the chronological extremes of the exhibition, namely the large thirteenth-century wooden panel from Abruzzo with the Madonna lactans and Adolfo Wildt’s marble sculpture of the face of the Virgin from 1924.

The exhibition is organized by the City of Gorizia, with the support of the Pinot Bianco in Collio Business Network.

Hours: Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 3:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Tickets: 5 euros. Free with FVG Card. The visit will be accompanied for all by the audio guide, included in the entrance ticket, with comments by Don Alessio Geretti that will give the opportunity to enter the secrets of the works and grasp their cultural, historical and aesthetic values.
Reservation required, also made on the day with minimum notice, by sending an email to madre.gorizia@gmail.com or by calling 0481/550744.

Thirty Renaissance masterpieces on Marian iconography from private collections in Gorica

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