April 16, 2019 to July 14, 2019
This spring, The Frick Collection presents a selection of
paintings, drawings, prints, and photographs related to Giambattista Tiepolo’s
first significant project outside of Venice, a series of ceiling frescoes for
Palazzo Archinto in Milan. The frescoes were painted between 1730 and 1731 and
commissioned by Count Carlo Archinto, one of the most prominent patrons and
intellectuals in Milan during the late seventeenth and early eighteenth
centuries. Tragically, Palazzo Archinto was bombed during World War II and its
interior was completely destroyed.
Tiepolo in Milan includes more than fifty objects from collections
in the United States and Europe to tell the story of this important commission.
Five preparatory works by Tiepolo are featured: three paintings (among them,
the Frick’s oil sketch Perseus and Andromeda) and two drawings. Complementary
drawings and several books of illustrations by the artist are on view,
alongside black-and-white photographs taken between 1897 and the late 1930s,
the only surviving records of the finished frescoes in situ.
The exhibition is curated by Xavier F. Salomon, Peter Jay Sharp
Chief Curator, with Andrea Tomezzoli, Professor at the University of Padua, and
Denis Ton, Curator of the Musei Civici in Belluno. A catalogue published by The
Frick Collection in association with Paul Holberton Publishing accompanies the
show.
https://www.frick.org/exhibitions/tiepolo_milan
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