The Collezione Corsini comes to Perth

Madonna and Child with the Young Saint John by Jacopo Pontormo

A detail of Madonna and Child with the Young Saint John by Jacopo Pontormo Source: public domain

The Art Gallery of Western Australia will host the exhibition from February 24.


Stefano Carboni, director of The Art Gallery of Western Australia, explains the significance of showing in Australia the private art collection of one of Florence’s most eminent families, the Corsini family. The Window on Italy exhibition will feature Renaissance and Baroque paintings by Italian artists such as Botticelli, Tintoretto, Caravaggio and Pontormo.



 


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