Sandro Botticelli, Bildnis des Giuliano de'Medici, um 1478 Washington, The National Gallery of Art © Art Resource, New York
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Desiderio da Settignano (?) Bildnis des Niccolò da Uzzano, um 1450-55 Florenz, Museo Nazionale del Bargello © Soprintendenza Polo Museale Fiorentino, Florenz
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Filippo Lippi, Bildnis eines Mannes und einer Dame, um 1440 New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art © The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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Leonardo da Vinci, Dame mit dem Hermelin (Portrait der Cecilia Gallerani), 1489/90 Krakau, Besitz der Prinz Czartoryski Stiftung, im Nationalmuseum Krakau © bpk / Scala
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Pisanello (Antonio Pisano), Bildnis des Leonello d'Este, um 1444 Bergamo, Accademia Carrara © Accademia Carrara, Bergamo
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Antonio del Pollaiuolo, Bildnis einer Dame, um 1465 Berlin, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Jörg P. Anders
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Andrea d'Assisi, Bildnis eines Knaben, um 1495/1500 Dresden, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister © Gemäldegalerie Dresden
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The Deutsche Bank Foundation, one of the main sponsors along with the Kaiser Friedrich Museum Association and the Board of Trustees of the Museumsinsel, has backed the exhibition Renaissance Faces, which is on view at the Bode Museum in Berlin from August 25 to November 20. The show, one of the year’s main art events, is under the patronage of the Foreign Ministers of the Federal Republic of Germany and the Italian Republic; it was organized by the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. For the first time, visitors are able to trace the way the art of portraiture developed in Italy through key works of the period. In addition to collection highlights from the Gemäldegalerie, the Skulpturensammlung, the Kupferstichkabinett, and the Münzkabinett, 52 major museums from all around the world have sent their treasures to Berlin.
With over 150 outstanding paintings, sculptures, medals, and drawings, the show documents the development of the portrait from Pisanello to Verrocchio, Botticelli, Bellini, and Leonardo. Beautiful women and wealthy merchants transport the viewer to Italian courts in Florence and Venice; schemers, courtiers, and military leaders tell stories of intrigue, family, travel, trade, and daily life in Italy throughout the Renaissance. Numerous paintings record dynastic and familial relationships, social norms and hierarchies in their portrayals of pose, clothing, and status symbols. An architectural and lighting concept designed for the exhibition creates an impressive setting for experiencing the wealth of subject material in the works—all in all a fascinating journey that brings 15th-century Italy alive as the cradle of modern portraiture.
Renaissance Faces.
Masterpieces of Italian Portraiture
August 25, 2011 through November 20, 2011
Museumsinsel Berlin
www.smb.museum/smb/gesichter/
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