Raphael's drawings for the Vatican and other masterpieces on paper on display at Florence's Horne Museum

Twenty-one masterpieces on paper by major artists, from the collection of Herbert Percy Horne and not normally on public view, are on display from April 20 to July 31, 2018 at the Horne Museum in Florence, in the exhibition entitled Raphael, Rubens, Tiepolo. Studies by the Author from the 1500s to the 1700s. A study by Raphael for the Vatican Rooms, the drawing, retouched by Rubens, of the celebrated Vision of Ezekiel, and more important sketches, sketches and drawings by several artists of great significance for the history of art: Giorgio Vasari, Ludovico Carracci, Federico Barocci, Peter Paul Rubens, Pietro da Cortona, Giambattista Tiepolo, Baccio Bandinelli, Guercino, Luca Cambiaso, Simone Cantarini, Cavalier d’Arpino, Volterranno, Marcantonio Frnaceschini, Giovanni da San Giovanni, Rubens, Giovanni Stradano, and Jacopo Vignali.

These works range from the quick sketch to more refined and complex forms, from the first sketch to the preparatory study, from detail to the most articulate compositional setting: the exhibition is also a way to enter the techniques of drawing. And this directly in the home of the collector who bought it to provide space for his rich collection.

“The happy occasion of this spring,” stressed Antonio Paolucci, president of the Horne Museum Foundation, “brings out two considerations. The first concerns the renewed awareness of the importance of the Horne graphic collection, a reservoir whose variety and quality cannot be appreciated enough. The second is a commitment, which is also a promise. It is necessary to arrive as soon as possible at the scientific publication of the graphic collection that Herbert Percy Horne was able to collect with such intelligence and discernment.”

The exhibition opens daily (except Wednesdays, when the museum is closed) from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Free tours on Saturdays at 11 a.m. by appointment. Special openings by request. You enter with the museum ticket: full 7 euros, reduced 5. For information visit the Horne Museum website. Catalog, edited by Elisabetta Nardinocchi and Matilde Casati with a preface by Antonio Paolucci, published by Sillabe. Raphael, Rubens, Tiepolo. Studi d’Autore dal ’500 al ’700 is promoted by the Horne Museum Foundation and is realized with the contribution of the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze.

Pictured: Raphael Sanzio, Group of lay and ecclesiastical dignitaries, study for the Justification of Leo III (1517) in the Stanza dell’Incendio di Borgo (Vatican Rooms).

Raphael's drawings for the Vatican and other masterpieces on paper on display at Florence's Horne Museum

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