Das Zeitalter von Rubens / L´Età di Rubens

The presence of Rubens in Genoa coincided with the rise of the grandest season of the local patrician class, mainly made up of bankers, who disposed of extraordinary financial means. Ambition, refined taste and a skilful investment policy contributed to the creation of stunning collections of art, which could even compete with those of the greatest European monarchs. These collections included paintings by Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese, Caravaggio,

Annibale Carracci, Guido Reni, Ribera, Procaccini, Orazio e Artemisia Gentileschi, Frans Floris, Van Dyck and, of course, Rubens, in a masterly combination of artists from the present as well as from the most recent and worthiest past. those of the greatest European monarchs. These collections included paintings by Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese, Caravaggio, Annibale Carracci, Guido Reni, Ribera, Procaccini, Orazio e Artemisia Gentileschi, Frans Floris, Van Dyck and, of course, Rubens, in a masterly combination of artists from the present as well as from the most recent and worthiest past. The exhibition, which is the result of thorough documentary research, aims to enable the visitor to step easily into fifteen great palaces of the time and to meet some of the major extraordinary patrons and collectors. Over one hundred works of art, which include paintings, tapestries and unique silverware from major international museums, will lead the visitor along a thrilling path back in time. Sections of the exhibition include the rich picture gallery owned by Gio. Carlo Doria – who was portrayed on horseback by Rubens – together with his "Wunderkammer", the wonder room full of rare and curious objects; the series of Artes Liberales by Frans Floris, which Gerolamo and Gio. Agostino Balbi bought in Antwerp, are especially brought together for the first time since their dispersal; the stunning painting Juno and Argus, painted by Rubens for Stefano Balbi, financier in Milan, and the picture gallery of Gio Filippo Spinola, the first collector in Europe to boast one of Veronese's big Suppers in his gallery. Pressetext

Das Zeitalter von Rubens / L´Età di Rubens

Werke von Caravaggio , Anthonis van Dyck, Guido Reni, Peter Paul Rubens, Tintoretto , Tizian  ...