Life, Love and Marriage Chests in Renaissance Italy

The exhibition comprises around 45 Renaissance works of art related to its theme and representative of life and social customs in Renaissance Italy: entire chests, delicate tempera paintings on wood panels that were once decorative components of marriage chests, other elements of palace décor, earthenware in maiolica, luxurious fabrics, parade shields, jewelry caskets and objects of private devotion. Organized by Contemporanea Progetti in collaboration with the Museo Stibbert. It is a rare and very special occasion that Italian authorities will permit the temporary export of such a quantity of precious Renaissance paintings on wood, which are among the most delicate and sensitive works of art to preserve.