A Superb Baroque: Art in Genoa, 1600–1750
August 12 2021
Picture: NGA
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
The National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. will be opening their latest exhibition next month. A Superb Baroque: Art in Genoa, 1600–1750 was due to open last year, although, the ongoing virus crises resulted in a delay.
According to their website:
A Superb Baroque presents the grandeur of 17th-century Genoa on a scope and scale unprecedented in the United States. Five centuries ago trade and banking transformed the Mediterranean port city of Genoa into a cosmopolitan center of wealth and culture. The newly rich, eager to display their prosperity, invested in constructing and decorating churches, chapels, and palaces. Attracted by lucrative commissions, Rubens, Van Dyck, and other leading painters across Europe swarmed to Genoa. There, they joined local artists in utilizing the opulent baroque style to create the splendid paintings, sculptures, and works on paper seen in this exhibition.
The catalogue is already published and available for purchase.
The show will run from 26 September 2021 - 9 January 2022 and will then move to Scuderie del Quirinale, Rome, in March.
Update - Extremely sad news to report, the exhibition has had to be cancelled due to the ongoing virus crisis.
