Conegliano:
Palazzo Sarcinelli Carpaccio – Vittore and Benedetto Carpaccio From Venice To
Istria exhibition. In the Prosecco
hillside town of Conegliano, at Palazzo Sarcinelli, until June 28, the
exhibition Carpaccio – Vittore and Benedetto from Venice to Istria, curated by
Giandomenico Romanelli. The exhibition investigates
the last ten years of the activity of Vittore Carpaccio (1515-1525), which marks
an important turning point, in the poetry of the man, who is considered the
forerunner of Venetian painting and the greatest storyteller and vedutista. The exhibition also presents under a new light the
works of Benedetto, Vittore’s son, which collect, in a certain sense, his father’s heritage. Almost
unknown, Benedetto was a real surprise.
Above. Vittore Carpaccio - Leone Marciano, 1516 - oil on canvas - Venezia - Palazzo Ducale.
The Lion of Saint Mark has always been the symbol and image of Venice.
Portrayed here walking with its front feet on the mainland and back feet in the
water: an explicit allusion to the Serenissima’s rule over land and sea and the
amphibious nature of the Republic.
Curator of the exhibition - Giandomenico Romanelli
Carpaccio – Vittore and Benedetto
Carpaccio From Venice To Istria. The exhibition follows Vittore Carpaccio in
his moves between the northern borders of the Republic and the vibrant Istrian
region, in search of a surprising, final artistic code. It was a period of
excellent, original works such as the Pozzale
di Cadore Altarpiece (above), the Meeting of Anne and Joachim for the church of San Francesco
in Treviso, the Triptych of Saint Fosca,
the Franciscan Pirano Altarpiece,
the organ shutters for Capodistria (Koper) cathedral and numerous others.
Above. Vittore Carpaccio – Madonna
in Trono Col Bambino, Angelo Musicante, Santi Tommaso Apostolo, Dionisio
Vescovo, Rocco, Sebastiano. Also known as Pala di Pozzale – oil on canvas –
1519 Pozzale – Chiesa di San tommaso Apostolo.
Giovanni
Battista Cavalcaselle - Madonna in Trono col Bambino e Santi di Vittore Carpaccio - Pozzale di Cadore - graphite
drawing entirely re-traced in ink – Venezia – Biblioteca Nazionale
Marciana.
Photograph curtesy Palazzo Sarcinelli
Carpaccio – Vittore and Benedetto
Carpaccio From Venice To Istria. A profound cultural and political crisis took
place between the end of the 15th century and the first quarter of the 16th:
wars, changes of international alliances, frenetic diplomacy, artistic
research, heresies and inquisitions. Carpaccio was caught up in this
atmosphere; indeed, he was profoundly influenced by it as revealed by the
several updates in his painting. But a new season was also ripening, a more
dramatic and agitated age, more temporal and impartial, that saw important
young figures like Giorgione, Titian, Lotto, Pordenone and Sebastiano del
Piombo coming onto the art scene. Carpaccio squared up to the new century by
also subjecting his own language to a kind of test, of refinement and
verification.
Above. Vittore Carpaccio – San Giorgio e il Drago – 1516 – oil on canvas –
Venezia – Abbazia di San Giorgio Maggiore.
Art Historian - Augusto Gentili
Carpaccio – Vittore and Benedetto Carpaccio
From Venice To Istria. The great
master’s work was to be continued by his workshop with paintings that were inspired
by his or were genuine reformulations of them, until his son Benedetto asserted
himself, becoming a fully fledged Istrian artist. A painter of unmistakable
naive intonations and bright colors, Benedetto interpreted a gradual change in
the style of his father and will be an enjoyable surprise in this exhibition.
Above - left. Benedetto Carpaccio – Madonna in Trono col Bambino tra i Santi
Bartolomeo e Tommaso (and detail) – 1538 – Trieste, Civico Museo Sartorio.
Above - right. Benedetto Carpaccio - Adorazione del Nome di Gesu e i Santi Giovanni
Battista, Francesco d’Assisi, Bernardino da Siena e Paolo Apostolo – 1541 oil
on canvas – Gemona del Friuli, Santuario di Sant’Antonio.
President of the Civita Tre Venezie - Emanuela Bassetti
Carpaccio
– Vittore and Benedetto Carpaccio From Venice To Istria. Battista Agnese - Carta Corografica dell’Italia – 1550 circa –
Venezia Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia, Museo Correr.