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Painters of Reality: The Legacy of Leonardo and Caravaggio in Lombardy
May 27, 2004–August 15, 2004
Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Exhibition Hall, 2nd floor
Approximately 110 paintings and drawings from the North Italian region of Lombardy, dating from the 16th through the 18th century, reveal the rich vein of naturalism found there. The exhibition begins with a group of Leonardo's nature studies done during his Milanese period and then expands to consider the many avenues that such close observation of nature and everyday reality took in portraiture, still life, and devotional painting. This heritage was key to Caravaggio's development, and therefore to the course of Baroque painting in Rome and throughout Europe.
Accompanied by a publication.
The exhibition is made possible in part by the Regione Lombardia.
The exhibition is made possible in part by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation and The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation.
The exhibition has been organized by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and APIC (Associazione Promozione Iniziative Culturali di Cremona).
An indemnity has been granted by the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities.
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