Raphael's Muta remains in Urbino

Vittorio Sgarbi has filed a complaint with the Urbino Public Prosecutor’s Office to prevent Raphael’s Muta, now housed at the Galleria Nazionale delle Marche in Urbino, from being transferred to thePalermo bunker room on the occasion of the commemoration of the Capaci massacre. The loan was intended as a contribution by the museum to the fight against the Mafia.

According to the art critic, this was “an idiotic piece of rhetoric,” and furthermore, the transfer of the work could have “been detrimental to the preservation and public enjoyment of the painting.”

Sgarbi also attacked the two art historians on the Scientific Committee who approved the loan and Marche National Gallery director Peter Aufreiter ’s idea of installing a screen in place of the painting so that Raphael’s Muta could be viewed in Palermo via live streaming.

Aufreiter reacted to Sgarbi’s exposé with a laugh and said, "In the opinion of the committee that I chaired, there were a number of indications regarding insurance, transportation, and the direct participation of the National Gallery in the exhibition project, which were not guaranteed, and the loan will not take place."

Raphael’s Muta will therefore remain in its usual place at the Galleria Nazionale delle Marche in Urbino.

Source: ANSA - Corriere del Mezzogiorno - La Sicilia

Image: Raphael, La Muta (1507; oil on panel, 64 x 48 cm; Urbino, Galleria Nazionale delle Marche)

Raphael's Muta remains in Urbino

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