“Arti in dialogo. Echi tardo barocchi nelle sculture del Museo Ginori”
In the rooms of Palazzo Marucelli-Fenzi, exceptionally opened to the public, a selection of porcelain sculptures and terracotta and wax models from the Museo Ginori engages in a completely new dialogue with the decorations created by Sebastiano Ricci and Giovanni Baratta between 1705 and 1706.
In the rooms of Palazzo Marucelli-Fenzi, exceptionally opened to the public, a selection of porcelain sculptures and terracotta and wax models from the Museo Ginori engages in a completely new dialogue with the decorations created by Sebastiano Ricci and Giovanni Baratta between 1705 and 1706.
From December 16, 2022 to February 17, 2023
Palazzo Marucelli-Fenzi, Via S. Gallo 10, Florence
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Hosted in the magnificent Palazzo Marucelli-Fenzi (via San Gallo, 10 - Florence), currently home to the University of Florence, the exhibition juxtaposes the theatricality of the eighteenth-century paintings by Sebastiano Ricci and the stuccoes by Giovanni Baratta, which decorate the rooms, with sculptures created or acquired in the eighteenth century by the Manifattura Ginori.
A selection of porcelain sculptures and terracotta and wax models from the Museo Ginori engage in a completely new dialogue with the decorations created by Ricci and Baratta between 1705 and 1706.
Particularly interesting and evocative is the pairing of Baratta’s stuccoes with three wax casts reproducing three works by the same sculptor. Made by the Manifattura Ginori in the 1740s and brought together here for the first time since 1965, the casts belong to the Museo Ginori (Euridice and Allegoria della Prudenza) and the Museo Nazionale del Bargello (Allegoria della Ricchezza).
Curated by Cristiano Giometti, Andrea Di Lorenzo, and Rita Balleri and organized by the Department of History, Archaeology, Geography, Art and Performing Arts (SAGAS) of the University of Florence together with the Museo Ginori, the exhibition was realized in collaboration with the Direzione regionale Musei della Toscana and the Opificio delle Pietre Dure, and with the support of the association Amici di Doccia.
