Florence, exhibition on Giovanna Garzoni, important seventeenth-century painter, reopens at Pitti Palace

by Redazione , published on 31/05/2020
Categories: Exhibitions / Disclaimer
An exhibition on Giovanna Garzoni, an important painter who lived between 1600 and 1670, has reopened at the Pitti Palace (Florence).

TheGreatness of the Universe, the exhibition at the Pitti Palace in Florence dedicated to Giovanna Garzoni (Ascoli Piceno, 1600 - Rome, 1670), was scheduled to end last May 24, but with the health emergency that forced it to be interrupted, plans have changed: now the exhibition will be open from May 28 to June 28.

An acknowledged protagonist in the evolution of scientific illustration, seventeenth-century painter Giovanna Garzoni is less known as an illustrator of geographical imagery in the Baroque era. Indeed, in harmonious and often small-scale compositions, the painter combined exotic objects of diverse origins, such as Chinese porcelain, Pacific nautiluses, Mexican gourds and flowers, South American plants or English parlor dogs, with the ultimate goal of astonishment and amusement.

Deviating from the female lifestyle model of her time, Garzoni traveled to Italy, perhaps France, and had access to the most important collections of curiosities. The exhibition will feature her works collected by the Medici and still held by the Galleries, as well as targeted loans that illustrate the artist’s range of work and her skill as a portrait painter. Based on an unpublished inventory, one section reconstructs Vittoria della Rovere’s Wunderkammer housed in the Sala dell’Aurora at the Poggio Imperiale, thus indirectly shedding light on a prominent figure of the Grand Ducal family.

For all information you can visit the official Uffizi website.

Pictured: Giovanna Garzoni, Little Dog with Cookies and a Chinese Cup (c. 1648; tempera on parchment, 27.5 x 39.5 cm; Florence, Palazzo Pitti)

Florence, exhibition on Giovanna Garzoni, important seventeenth-century painter, reopens at Pitti Palace
Florence, exhibition on Giovanna Garzoni, important seventeenth-century painter, reopens at Pitti Palace


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