There are three most beautiful works at the Florence Biennale: here are what they are

The Florence Biennale Internazionale dell’Antiquariato gets into full swing and awards prizes tomorrow, Wednesday, Sept. 27, at 4 p.m. to the three most beautiful works. The prize, usually intended for two works (a painting and a sculpture), this year goes, as anticipated, to three works: the Most Beautiful Sculpture is Giovanni Angelo del Maino ’s Saint John the Evangelist (documented in Pavia between 1496 and 1536), a figure of a Lamentation made of linden wood, measuring one meter and forty-three centimeters in height, and which was brought to Florence by Mehringer Benappi.

The prize for the most beautiful painting, on the other hand, was awarded ex aequo to Prince Giovanni Battista Borghese’s Allegorical Chariot, an oil on canvas by Johann Paul Schor (Innsbruck, 1615 - Rome, 1674) that was commissioned by Prince Giovanni Battista Borghese for the 1664 carnival and is being presented in Florence by Galleria Alessandra Di Castro, and to theAllegory of Patience, another oil on canvas by Carlo Dolci (Florence, 1616 - 1687) presented at the Biennale by Carlo Orsi.

The Lorenzo d’Oro, an award to authors or directors who have distinguished themselves in the making of documentaries or films dedicated to art, will then be presented to Alberto Angela, who will receive the award in the Throne Room of Palazzo Corsini. The program will conclude with the presentation of the book Studi di storia dell’arte in onore di Fabrizio Lemme, edited by Francesca Baldassari and Alessandro Agresti: the two editors, lawyer Fabrizio Lemme and art historian Daniele Benati, will speak.

Below are the names of the International Scientific Commission of the 2017 Biennial, which was also responsible for awarding prizes to the most beautiful works: Andrea Bacchi, Massimo Bartolozzi, Sandro Bellesi, Daniele Benati, Mauro Berti, Silvestra Bietoletti, Andrew Butterfield, Elena Capretti, Simone Chiarugi, Enrico Colle, David Ekserdjian, Maria Cecilia Fabbri, Carlo Falciani, Arturo Galansino, Aldo Galli, Giancarlo Gentilini, Richard Knight, F Anna Bozena Kowalczyk, Francesco Leone, Dora Liscia Bemporad, Jean-Patrice Marandel, Paola Marini, Fernando Mazzocca, Luca Mor, Claudio Pizzorusso, Francesca Pola, Nicoletta Pons, Giovanni Pratesi, Carmen Ravanelli Guidotti, Eric Schleier, Davide Sestieri, Nicola Spinosa, Carl Strehlke, Maria Cristina Terzaghi, Roberto Valeriani, Marco Voena.

Pictured: the three award-winning works. Clockwise: Carlo Dolci, Allegory of Patience (1677; oil on canvas, 71 x 54 cm; Galleria Carlo Orsi); Johann Paul Schor, Allegorical Chariot of Prince Giovanni Battista Borghese (1664; oil on canvas, 122 x 317 cm; Galleria Alessandra Di Castro); Giovanni Angelo del Maino, St. John the Evangelist (1508-1512; linden wood, height 143 cm; Mehringer Benappi)

There are three most beautiful works at the Florence Biennale: here are what they are

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