Renaissance Faces
dal 14/10/2008 al 17/1/2009
Segnalato da
Raffaello
Tiziano
Lorenzo Lotto
Albrecht Durer
Jan van Eyck
Sandro Botticelli
Hans Holbein
Pontormo
14/10/2008
Renaissance Faces
The National Gallery, London
Van Eyck to Titian. This landmark exhibition explores the dramatic rise of portraiture in the Renaissance. It features works by the great masters of Northern and Southern Europe, including Raphael, Titian, Botticelli, Van Eyck, Holbein, Durer, Lotto, Pontormo and Bellini. On display over 70 paintings alongside important sculptures, drawings and medals.
This landmark exhibition will explore the dramatic rise of portraiture in the Renaissance. It will feature works by the great masters of Northern and Southern Europe, including Raphael, Titian, Botticelli, Van Eyck, Holbein, Dürer, Lotto, Pontormo and Bellini.
Renaissance Faces will provide a rare opportunity to explore Renaissance portraiture in exceptional depth, displaying over 70 paintings alongside important sculptures, drawings and medals.
During the Renaissance, portraits touched on every aspect of human life, from childhood to politics, friendship, courtship, marriage, old age and death.
This exhibition will provide fresh insights into fundamental issues of likeness, memory and identity, while revealing a remarkable community of princes, envoys, merchants, clergymen, tradesmen and artists.
The exhibition is organised by the National Gallery, London, and the Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid.
Albrecht Dürer, 'Conrad Merckell', 1508 © The Trustees of The British Museum, London
National Gallery
Trafalgar Square - London
Opening hours
Daily 10am-6pm
Wednesday 10am-9pm
(Closing commences 5 mins before time stated)
Closed 1 January and 24-26 December.
Room Closures: Some areas of the Gallery will be closed on Monday mornings until 11am for staff training . Some rooms will also be closed on Wednesday evenings.