Major 500th Anniv. Show Of Renaissance Artist Raphael Returns To Rome, June 2 - Aug. 30
'Major Raphael show in Rome returns for three-month run,' The Art Newspaper, May 19, 2020.
- A Self-Portrait of Raphael in his 20s, painted between 1504-1506, Gallerie Uffizi.
The once-in-a-lifetime Raphael exhibition in Rome, which was open to the public for only three days before the Covid-19 lockdown in Italy forced its closure, will re-open on 2 June and run for three months until 30 August. The show, at the Scuderie del Quirinale, was organised to mark the 500th anniversary of the Renaissance master’s death and includes works on loan from 52 museums, galleries and others.
“So far, everybody we have approached to extend the loans has said yes,” a spokeswoman for the gallery tells The Art Newspaper. The Louvre in Paris, the Prado in Madrid, the Uffizi Galleries in Florence (the biggest lender to the show with 50 works including paintings, drawings and sculptures), the National Gallery in London and the National Gallery in Washington, DC have all agreed to leave their works in Rome until the end of August..
- Portrait of Baldassare Castiglione, c. 1515.
- Fewer visitors: New social distancing measures in the exhibition will lead to far fewer visitors being able to visit than previously hoped. “We will be able to host perhaps a 5th of the people we were expecting,” Lanfranconi said. “We are implementing a sort of militarised system.” Tickets for the show need to be booked in advance online. Upon arrival at the Scuderie del Quirinale, visitors will be welcomed by a guard and organised into groups of 6.
They will move through the exhibition with the guard “who will act not as a guide but as a chaperone throughout their visit. He is responsible for the safety of the group”.. A new group of 6 visitors will start its journey through the show every 5 minutes..The total time of each visit will be 80 minutes.
“It will need to run like clockwork. You cannot decide for yourself [which way to go or how long to stay in each room],” the director said. “This will be the main loss emotionally. On the other hand, it will be a more calm journey through the show compared to the crowds we welcomed in the first three days.”...
More, https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/major-raphael-show-in-rome-returns-for-three-month-run
> Also: DW, 'Raphael Mega Exhibit Opens In Rome Amid Coronavirus Threat,' May 3, 2020
https://www.dw.com/en/raphael-mega-exhibition-opens-in-rome-amid-coronavirus-threat/a-52649629
- Raphael, 1483-1520, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raphael Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (Italian) (March 28 or April 6, 1483 – April 6, 1520), known as Raphael was an Italian painter & architect of the High Renaissance. His work is admired for its clarity of form, ease of composition, & visual achievement of the Neoplatonic ideal of human grandeur. Together with Michelangelo & Leonardo da Vinci, he forms the traditional trinity of great masters of that period..
- The School of Athens, fresco in the Vatican, Rome.
- The famous Sistine Madonna on a German postage stamp.
- Portrait of Bindo Altoviti, c. 1514.
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on people going to the great exhibits. I’m very glad to read this! It has it’s drawbacks, of course. No one can linger longer than allowed and all viewings are chaperoned strictly, but at least it’ll be open to the public.
I think the development of visual innovations will be fantastic. I bet some people and companies are already working on making them available to everyone. It seems the time is perfect for the development of the next steps in holographic software. Maybe the day isn’t far off when anyone can look at these works of art in all their detail by simply accessing it in a 3D hologram.
What an amazing and fantastic exhibit this is! There are so many Raphael paintings and so little time to admire and study them! It would make me crazy to have to move along on a pre set timetable. Especially since my way of looking at art entails leaning forward (with my hands grasped firmly behind my back) To look at the details of how the artist physically put them down. You can always spot the artists in the crowd because they’ll scrutinize a square inch as physically closely as they can. 
