Italy: Rome to host Super Baroque exhibition at Scuderie

Rome: Rome is to host a new “Super Baroque” exhibition at the Scuderie del Quirinale, organised in collaboration with the National Gallery of Washington.

The show is billed as “a journey among the aristocratic families, the splendour, the wealth, the power, the magnificence, the masterpieces and works of an entire era in the city that has become the centre of the world, Genoa, the Superb.”

Comprising about 120 works from major Italian and American museums, as well as prestigious private collections, the exhibition traces the extraordinary period of artistic explosion and economic boom in 17th-century Genoa.

The show features magnificent portrayals of pomp, luxury and landscapes by masters of the age including Rubens, Van Dyck, Castiglione, Piola, De Ferrari and Magnasco.

Tickets for the exhibition, which follows the recent Dante show, are on sale now.