Revealing the Early Renaissance: Stories and Secrets in Florentine Art is a large-scale exhibition that brings together an unrivalled collection of more than 90 paintings, manuscripts, sculptures and stained glass from the 4th century, many of which have never travelled before. The exhibition is presented in partnership with the J. Paul Getty Museum and the Art Gallery of Ontario. March 16 - June 16th.
“Bringing these works together offers an unprecedented opportunity to learn about the practices of artists at this crucial time in history and uncover new information that has lain dormant for centuries.” states Sasha Ruda, the AGO’s assistant curator of European art.
Puccio Capanna - Italian
Madonna and Child with Angels and Female Saints (Tempura and gold leaf on panel), Musei Vaticani
Giotto di Bondone - Italian
The Appartition of God the Father (Pinnacle from the Baroncelli Altarpiece, Florence, Santa Croce)
Tempura and gold leaf on panel
San Diego Museum of Art
Master of the Dominican Effigies - Italian
Pentecost/Leaf from the Laudario of Sant’Agnese about 1340
Detached leaf: Tempura, gold, and ink on parchment
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Bernarco Daddi - Italian (Florentine) about 1280-1348
The Virgin Mary with Saints Thomas Aquinas and Paul
Tempura and gold leaf on panel
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Bernardo Daddi - Italian
The Martyrdon of Saint Usula and 11,000 Virgins
Tempura and gold leaf on panel
Schweizerisches Nationalmuseum Landesmuseum
Giotto di Bondone - Italian, about 1266-1337
The Peruzzi Altarpiece
Tempura and gold leaf on panel
The North Carolina Museum of Art
Bernardo Daddi - Italian (Florentine) about 1280-1348
A Crowned Virgin Martyr
Tempura and gold leaf on panel
The Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco
Pacino di Bonaguida - Italian 1302-1340
Tripych with the Crucifixion, the Lamentation, and the Ascension of Christ
Tempura and gold leaf on panel
The Alana Collection
Bernardo Daddi - Italian
Triptych with the Crucifixion
Tempura silver and gold leaf on panel
National Gallery of Scotland
Pacino Di Bonaguida active around 1303-1347
Saint Sylvester - tempera and gold leaf on panel. Museo e Chiostri Monumentali di Santa Maria Novella, Fondo Edifici di Culto, Ministero dell’Interno, Florence
Curators, conservators and scientists at the Getty Center in Los Angeles began investigating the works of art in this exhibition almost ten years ago in search of an understanding of how artists in Florence “humanized” art in the years between 1300-1350. The research team traveled far and wide to analyze works in situ, keen to find answers to questions that have remained unanswered for centuries. Institutions also sent their works to North America to be analyzed.
