(ANSA) - Milan, August 27 - Thirteen masterpieces by Giotto
will be shown at Milan's Palazzo Reale from September 2 to
January 10.
The works, which hail from different collections, had never
been shown together and the exhibition represents a unique
opportunity to discover some of the most iconic masterpieces of
the Florentine artist.
One of the most interesting pieces shown at exhibit is the
Polittico Stefaneschi, a large alterpiece that had not left the
Vatican since Cardinal Jacopo Caetani Stefaneschi commissioned
it for the Basilica of Saint Peter.
Other exceptional Giotto masterpieces come from Florence,
Padua and Bologna and the exhibit is also intended as a
chronological tour through the artist's career.
Giotto masterpieces in Milan from Sept 2 ß
Stefaneschi altarpiece had never left the Vatican