Works and artists Ancient art Eighteenth century Florence James Ceruti Pitti Palace Uffizi
A sky shifting from pink to gray, the moment when the light of day gives way to twilight. In this twilight light, against a background devoid of architecture, we see a young boy smiling as he tips, with a sudden, decisive gesture, a woven…
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An important acquisition for the Uffizi Galleries: in fact, a masterpiece by Giacomo Ceruti (Milan, 1698 - 1767), the Moorish Beggar, enters the collection of the Florentine museum. The artist, famous for his depictions of the poor and…
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Exhibition reviews Ancient art Eighteenth century James Ceruti
To think of eighteenth-century art, images of vast heavenly expanses, frivolous worldly amusements, large airy and terse halls, mirrors, gardens, wigs, feathers, and swings immediately come to mind. One tends to think less of an art that…
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The Pinacoteca Tosio Martinengo in Brescia is organizing an exhibition comparing Diego Velázquez and Giacomo Ceruti scheduled from November 26, 2021 to February 27, 2022. That between Velázquez and Ceruti is a closeness of…
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