Explore the extraordinary
relationship between two great Italian masters, Michelangelo and Sebastiano del
Piombo, who found common ground in the fiercely competitive world of High
Renaissance Rome
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Having met in Rome in 1511,
as Michelangelo was finishing his decoration of the Sistine Chapel ceiling,
Sebastiano and he became friends and began collaborating artistically.
Their meeting sparked a
remarkable 25-year friendship and partnership; yielding outstanding works of
art that neither could have created without the other – against a backdrop of
war and religious conflict, but also of great intellectual energy and artistic
innovation.
Central to the exhibition
are two of their collaborations: the 'Pietà' for S. Francesco in Viterbo
(c.1512–16) and The Raising of Lazarus, painted for the Cathedral of Narbonne
in France, and one of the foundational works in the National Gallery
Collection.
The exhibition also
features the exceptional loan of Michelangelo’s 'The Risen Christ' (1514–15)
from the Church of S. Vincenzo Martire in Bassano Romano, Italy, and a
cutting-edge recreation of the Borgherini Chapel in S. Pietro in Montorio, Rome
– decorated by Sebastiano to partial designs by Michelangelo.
Comprising paintings,
drawings, sculpture, and letters documenting correspondence between the
artists, this groundbreaking exhibition presents works of striking force and
originality.
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