Special Envoy to Naples
Since mid-April, visitors to the Louvre have been wondering. What do these covers, more and more numerous, hide very mysterious paintings in the Grand Hall? The general unveiling will take place on June 7. Then we will understand what this original "teaser" rhymes, a bit annoying but necessary. Until January 8 next year, the museum will host the greatest treasures of its Neapolitan equivalent, "il museo di Capodimonte", one of the most important art galleries in Europe.
Not in a classic exhibition. But by a hanging over his collection of Italian paintings of the Renaissance. We will have more Raphael with our Raphael, more Titian with our Titian (including his Danaé, which is one of his most beautiful nudes). The Death of the Virgin by Caravaggio will be next to his monumental Flagellation. The portrait of the elegant courtier Galeazzo Sanvitale by the Parmesan (1524) will sympathize with that of his similarly bearded fellow: the very refined...
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