Palazzo Ducale
From Titian to Rubens
Masterpieces from Antwerp and other Flemish
Collections
At Palazzo Ducale, until March 1, the Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia, in
conjunction with the City of Antwerp,
VisitFlanders and the Flemish
Community, presents From Titian to
Rubens - Masterpieces from Antwerp and other Flemish Collections, the
exhibition is curated by Ben Van Beneden,
director of Rubenshuis in Antwerp with the Scientific
direction of Gabriella Belli.
The magnificent Doge’s apartments have been transformed into veritable constkamers, rooms filled with exquisite
art demonstrating the riches of Flemish collections.
Featuring masterpieces by artists including Titian, Peter Paul Rubens, Anthony van Dyck and Michiel Sweerts, the exhibition offers a dazzling array of works,
and the finest group of Italian and Flemish art to come to Italy.
Maerten de Vos - 1532–1603
The Calumny of Apelles - 1594–1603c. - Oil on panel
The Calumny of Apelles - 1594–1603c. - Oil on panel
“From Titian to Rubens. Masterpieces from Antwerp and other Flemish
Collections provides a rich overview of the best that Flemish art has to offer. The
exhibition contains important loans from the leading Flemish museums with
significant collections of seventeenth-century art. It also features a
selection of the best works from private collections in Flanders. These
masterpieces from Flemish collections, both public and private, hardly ever
leave their homes, and some are being shown in public for the first time at
this exhibition.”
Ben Van Beneden
Curator
Palazzo Ducale
From Titian to Rubens
Masterpieces from Antwerp and other Flemish
Collections
Three icons of
Venetian painting return to their hometown of Venice: Titian’s Jacopo Pesaro
presenting Saint Peter to Pope Alexander VI, the altarpiece of the former San
Geminiano church, covered by the press worldwide as David Bowie’s Tintoretto’,
and Titian’s Portrait of a Lady and her Daughter, above (thought to be a depiction of
Titian’s mistress Milia and their daughter Emilia). These masterpieces from
Flemish collections, both public and private, are rarely lent and some have
never, until now, been shown in public.
Tiziano Vecellio - 1488–1576
Portrait of a Lady and
her Daughter - oil on canvas 1550c.
Photo
- Bart Huysmans - Michel Wuyts – copyright - Collectie Stad Antwerpen - Private
collection, on loan to the Rubenshuis, Antwerp -courtesy MuVe
Jacopo Tintoretto - 1519–1594
Angel foretelling the Martyrdom of Saint Catherine of Alexandria
1560–1570 – oil on canvas - cm 177,10 x 99,30
Angel foretelling the Martyrdom of Saint Catherine of Alexandria
1560–1570 – oil on canvas - cm 177,10 x 99,30
Peter Paul
Rubens – 1577-1640
Portrait of a young woman holding a chain
1605-1606 – oil on canvas
Portrait of a young woman holding a chain
1605-1606 – oil on canvas
Twelve
works by Rubens are on display,
including the elegant and powerful Portrait of a Young Woman, holding a chain,
found only a decade ago and here displayed for the first time to the public,
and the monumental Saint Francis of Assisi receiving the
stigmata.
Anthony Van
Dyck - 1599–1641
Portrait of Johannes Malderus - 1628c. - oil on canvas
Portrait of Johannes Malderus - 1628c. - oil on canvas
Anthony Van
Dyck - 1599–1641
John VIII, Count of Nassau-Siegen - 1583–1638
1628–1629c. - oil on canvas
John VIII, Count of Nassau-Siegen - 1583–1638
1628–1629c. - oil on canvas
Frans II
Pourbus - 1569–1622
Princess Elisabeth of France - 1602– 1644) - later Isabelle, Queen of Spain - 1610–1612 - oil on canvas
Princess Elisabeth of France - 1602– 1644) - later Isabelle, Queen of Spain - 1610–1612 - oil on canvas
Andries Van Eertvelt - 1590–1652
Storm at Sea - The Battle of Lepanto? – 1623 - oil on canvas cm
Storm at Sea - The Battle of Lepanto? – 1623 - oil on canvas cm
Michaelina
Wautier - 1617–1689
Two Girls as Saints Agnes and Dorothy - 1655c. - oil on canvas
Two Girls as Saints Agnes and Dorothy - 1655c. - oil on canvas
Michaelina Wautier was one of the female
artists of the early modern era, was also active in Brussels. On display is her
unusual Portrait of Two Girls as Saint Agnes and Saint Dorothea,
showing two girls posing as the young martyrs.
Jan Cossiers -
1600–1671
A Merry Company - The Five Senses
Post / After 1650 - oil on canvas
A Merry Company - The Five Senses
Post / After 1650 - oil on canvas
Peter Paul
Rubens – 1577-1640
The Triumphal Chariot of Kallo – 1638 – detail – oil on panel
The Triumphal Chariot of Kallo – 1638 – detail – oil on panel
Gabriella Belli, Director Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia, Ben van Beneden, Director Rubenshuis and Daniela Ferretti Director Palazzo Fortuny
Elisabetta Barisoni, Director Ca’ Pesaro, Andrea
Bellieni, Director Museo Correr, and Mariacristina
Gribaudi, President Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia
Chiara Squarcina Director Museo di Palazzo
Mocenigo and Museo del Vetro, Murano
The
Sparkle and Allure of Facon de Venise
Glass
