Robilant+Voena is pleased to be participating in the inaugural edition of Arte+Collezionismo in Rome, a new fair organised by the Associazione Antiquari d'Italia. Taking place in the historic surroundings of Palazzo Brancaccio, a luxury princely palace built in 1880, the fair will bring together leading Italian galleries, museums, collectors, and scholars, giving a new focus for the art market at the heart of Italy.
R+V’s selection for the fair is a celebration of Italy’s artistic heritage from the seventeenth century to the present day. Our display begins with examples by some of the foremost artists of the Baroque era, including Bartolomeo Cavarozzi, Francesco Guarino, Nicolas Tournier, and Andrea Vaccaro.
Alongside these fine paintings reflecting the Caravaggesque tradition, are pieces by Viviano Codazzi, Michelangelo Cerquozzi and Giovanni Paolo Panini, the latter coming from an este, exemplifying the seventeenth- and eighteenth-century fashion for vedute and capricci depicting classical sites. A pair of masterpieces by the great Venetian vedutisti Francesco Guardi, one of which featured on the cover of the 1973 catalogue raisonné, recently on display in the Gritti Palace, Venice, evoke the magnificence of La Serenissima in the eighteenth century.
Representing the nineteenth century, one of the seminal figures in the unification of Italy, Giuseppe Garibaldi, is depicted in an impressive portrait by Belgian artist Eugène-François de Block.
The paintings in our booth are complemented by sculptural and furniture pieces that demonstrate the excellence of craftsmanship in Italy during these years. The esteemed Turinese cabinet-maker Pietro Piffetti is represented by an exemplary tremeau dating from c. 1760, alongside an exquisite self-portrait by the pre-eminent Neoclassical ebonist and cabinet-maker Giuseppe Maria Bonzanigo. These are joined by an eighteenth-century console d’applique and pair of Neoclassical vases, all exhibiting the refinement and luxury of the era.
Bringing our display into the twenty-first century, emphasising the enduring legacy of the Italian Old Masters, are works by three contemporary artists, all of whom build upon the great artistic heritage of Italy. Two sculptures by Sergio Roger and Barry X Ball respectively reimagine masterpieces of the Classical and Baroque eras, and an imposing ‘plate-painting’ by Julian Schnabel revisits one of Caravaggio’s most celebrated works from the Galleria Borghese, bringing the presentation full-circle.
