A. Merlotti and Bellenger S. eds.: Capodimonte da Reggia a Museo: cinque secoli di capolavori alla Venaria Reale. Exhibition: Turin, Reggia di Venaria Reali, 2024. 336 pages, colour illustrations. Paperback. 28x24cms. Catalogue of 77 works from the Capodimonte, featured in the exhibition at the Venaria Reale. Ten essays look at the political and artistic exchanges between Naples and Turin, particularly at the time of Carlo di Bourbon and Carlo Emanuele III di Savoia, when Neapolitan artists like Solimena, Conca, Giaquinto and Francesco de Mura, were active in Turin. Also discussing pieces from the Farnese collection, now in the Capodimonte, the housing and display of the Capodimonte holdings during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and the porcelain collections from the Royal Factory founded by Carlo di Borbone and the Mario de Ciccio 1958 bequest. Presenting a variety of works by Raphael, Titian, Bruegel the Elder, Caravaggio, Ribera and Simone Martini, as well as several contemporary pieces, particularly Andy Warhol's 'Vesuvius'. Text in Italian.
Catalogue of 77 works from the Capodimonte, featured in the exhibition at the Venaria Reale. Ten essays look at the political and artistic exchanges between Naples and Turin, particularly at the time of Carlo di Bourbon and Carlo Emanuele III di Savoia, when Neapolitan artists like Solimena, Conca, Giaquinto and Francesco de Mura, were active in Turin. Also discussing pieces from the Farnese collection, now in the Capodimonte, the housing and display of the Capodimonte holdings during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and the porcelain collections from the Royal Factory founded by Carlo di Borbone and the Mario de Ciccio 1958 bequest. Presenting a variety of works by Raphael, Titian, Bruegel the Elder, Caravaggio, Ribera and Simone Martini, as well as several contemporary pieces, particularly Andy Warhol's 'Vesuvius'. Text in Italian