Parma, a new display for Leonardo da Vinci's Scapiliata

A new setting for Leonardo da Vinci’s Scapiliata, the work housed at the National Gallery of Parma in the Pilotta complex(more here). On the occasion of the recent Celebrations for the five hundredth anniversary of the death of its author, the work had already found a coeval frame, which was considered consonant and consistent with the precious painting. The purchase of this important wooden artifact was financed by the Garden Club of Parma(the association, which has long supported the Pilotta by sharing its cultural programs, decided to support the donation of the frame because it identifies the work as one of the most important masterpieces of the Complesso della Pilotta capable of qualifying its collections as iconic at the international level).

With this new frame, Leonardo’s panel had been the protagonist of the exhibition The Fortune of Leonardo da Vinci’s Scapiliata, set up in the Complesso della Pilotta from May 18 to August 12, 2019: now, from the temporary of the exhibition, the Scapiliata has been moved to its definitive placement within the museum itinerary remodeled for the New Pilotta, in the west wing, which is undergoing major restyling. Leonardo’s work has been placed on a large gray metal surface and on a wall made of marmorino, also gray, which “creates a perfect chromatic contrast with the gold and brown that connote the painting and the frame,” the museum says. “A dedicated space has been created to let people appreciate its exceptional nature without, however, interrupting the thematic exhibition itinerary,” the Pilotta adds in a note, “and Leonardo’s tablet appears to be placed inside a special display case, a specially designed climabox, which shelters Leonardo’s masterpiece not only from the danger of intrusion by ill-intentioned people but also preserves it from dust and excesses of light and humidity.”

A way, then, to enhance one of the most important pieces in the Parma museum’s collection, of which it is a symbol.

Pictured: the new layout of the Pilotta. Ph. Credit Giovanni Hanninen

Parma, a new display for Leonardo da Vinci's Scapiliata

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