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Verrocchio: Sculptor and Painter of Renaissance Florence

  • Data evento: Dal 11 Settembre 2019, 16:00 Al 11 Settembre 2019, 18:00 (Ora locale)
  • Dove: Embassy of Italy
  • A pagamento: No

The Embassy of Italy and the Italian Cultural Institute in Washington D.C. have the pleasure to invite you to a conference on Andrea del Verrocchio’s extraordinary artistry, organized on the occasion of 500th anniversary of Leonardo Da Vinci’s death.

The symposium precedes the inauguration of the exhibition Verrocchio: Sculptor and Painter of Renaissance Florence at the National Gallery of Art (NGA) and will engage experts from the NGA, Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi and Friends of Florence in a conversation on the versatile artist.

Andrea del Verrocchio (c. 1435–1488) was one of the most vibrant and important artists in Renaissance Florence. Painters like Botticelli, Ghirlandaio, Perugino and Leonardo da Vinci assisted him. The conference will examine the wealth and breadth of Verrocchio’s artistry, which include masterpieces in painting, sculpture, and drawing. In each medium, Verrocchio had a profound impact on his peers and other artists that came after him.

 

MORE INFO: culturale.washington@esteri.it

 

LOCATION
Embassy of Italy
3000 Whitehaven St, NW
Washington, DC 20008

 

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Please Note

REGISTRATION & PHOTO ID REQUIRED

DOORS OPEN 30 MINUTES PRIOR EVENT START-TIME

Due to new safety regulations, we are not allowed to add extra seats to the auditorium or let anyone stand. A registration is not a guarantee of a seat as these are assigned on a first-come first-served basis. Doors close at event start-time.

Once the event is full we will not accept wait list requests. A limited number of “last call” registrations will be available on Eventbrite between 9:00 AM and 2:00 PM on the day of the event.

RESERVATIONS ACCEPTED EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH EVENTBRITE. NO PHONE OR EMAIL RSVP AVAILABLE

 

 

 

PROGRAM

4:00pm

Welcome Remarks
Armando Varricchio, Ambassador of Italy to the United States

4:15pm

Session I – The Art of Andrea del Verrocchio
 

Andrew Butterfield, Guest Curator at the National Gallery of Art
“The Passions of Verrocchio”
 

Dylan Smith, Robert H. Smith Research Conservator in the Department of Object Conservation
“Finding Connections: Technical Studies on Verrocchio’s Sculpture”
 

Lorenza Melli, Curator of the Corpus der italienischen Zeichnungen 1300-1500, Rome-Munich-Florence
“In Search of Verrocchio’s Drawings. New Proposals in the Washington Exhibition”
 

Gretchen Hirschauer and Elizabeth Walmsley, National Gallery of Art
“Collaboration in Verrocchio’s Painting Workshop”

5:00pm

Coffee Break

5:15pm

Session II – Andrea del Verrocchio and Renaissance Florence: Italian and US collaboration in Preserving this Cultural Legacy
 

Paola D’Agostino, Director of Musei del Bargello, Florence
“The Museo Nazionale del Bargello: Discovering Italian Sculpture”
 

Arturo Galansino, Director of Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi, Florence
“Palazzo Strozzi. A New Renaissance in Florence”
 

Phillip R. Hughes, Trustee at Friends of Florence
“Putto with Dolphin’s Restoration”
 

Q&A moderated by Andrew Butterfield
6:00pm Reception

 

  • Organizzato da: Embassy of Italy