The Capodimonte Museum in Naples has brought 70 of its masterpieces to the Louvre in Paris for the grand exhibition “Naples in Paris“, open until January 8, 2024.
Naples in Paris is the first exhibition dedicated not to an artist but to an entire museum, the Neapolitan one, making it an absolutely exceptional showcase.
The Louvre Invites the Capodimonte Museum
About seventy works from the Italian museum have been lent to the French one for an exhibition where everything blends naturally, and each work finds its place as if it has always been there, interacting with those in the collection.
Naples brings to Paris its main masterpieces including the Crucifixion by Masaccio, The Transfiguration by Giovanni Bellini, theAntea by Parmigianino, the Danae by Titian and the Portrait of Pope Paul III Farnese, along with many others.
Naples à Paris: the exhibition
The exhibition has been organized in two different rooms of the Louvre, the salle de la Chapelle and the salle de l’Horloge.
In the first, the origins and diversities of the Capodimonte collections are narrated with the dynasties of the Farnese, the Bourbons, and the Bonaparte-Murat. Here, the protagonists are the Portrait of Pope Paul III Farnese with his grandchildren, by Titian, and the Portrait of Giulio Clovio by El Greco, alongside sculptures and objects like the Farnese Cassette or the Salt Cellar by Benvenuto Cellini.
In the salle de l’Horloge, on the other hand, there is space for the autograph cartoon of Michelangelo, that of Raphael, and those of the collaborators in dialogue with the drawings of Raphael and his students preserved at the Louvre.
Naples in Paris is in Paris until January 8.
If you are also interested in all the other must-see exhibitions in Naples, we recommend our in-depth article: Exhibitions in Naples: what to see in 2023.
If you want to explore exhibitions in all other Italian cities, take a look at:
Venice: exhibitions to see in 2023
Rome: the main exhibitions 2023
Exhibitions in Florence: which to visit
Exhibitions in Milan 2023: the five must-sees
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