An unprecedented Rome show on
Raphael will crown global celebrations marking the 500th
anniversary of the death of the genius from Urbino.
The show at the Scuderie del Quirinale from March 5 until
June 2 next year will be the biggest ever monographic exhibition
on the Renaissance master, featuring over 200 masterpieces
including paintings and sketches as well as comparison works.
The artistic superstar died on April 6, 1520 at the age of
just 37.
The works in the show have never been gathered in the same
place before.
About a hundred of them are by Raphael himself.
Florence's Uffizi Gallery is sending over 40 works by
Raphael.
Others contributing are the Louvre in Paris, London's
National Gallery and the Prado in Madrid.
The exhibition will include the Madonna del Granduca and
Woman with a Veil from the Uffizi; the Portrait of Baldassarre
Castiglione and Self-Portrait with Friend from the Louvre and
the Madonna of the Rose from the Prado.
The show, entitled simply Raphael, is the culmination of a
programme approved by a committee appointed by Culture Minister
Dario Franceschini and chaired by art historian Antonio
Paolucci, former head of Florence's museums and the Vatican
Museums.
The Scuderie del Quirinale is one of Rome's premier
exhibition spaces.
It is located in the former stables of the presidential
Quirinale palace.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED © Copyright ANSA
