Beyond the Fringe: Painting for the Market in 17th-Century Italy
Opening Remarks
David Freedberg, Columbia University
Nicholas Hall, Nicholas Hall Ltd.
Speakers
Sheila Barker, University of Pennsylvania
Wayne Franits, Syracuse University
Matthew Hargraves, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
John Marciari, Morgan Library & Museum
Caterina Volpi, Sapienza University of Rome
Lara Yeager-Crasselt, Baltimore Museum of Art
This day of study is linked to a loan exhibition at Nicholas Hall Ltd. (from April 23; 17 East 76th Street), Beyond the Fringe: Painting for the Market in 17th-Century Italy. The speakers will focus on the vibrant art market in Rome (and by extension Naples, Venice, and Bologna) in the 17th century. They will investigate the network of painters carrying out independent work without the constraints of a commission, the collectors driving up the demand, and the dealers sustaining this market. They will touch on the dozens of works in the exhibition drawn from international private collections and public institutions in the United States: portraits, landscapes, still life works, and paintings of mythological, religious and profane subjects.
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This event is in-person only.
Seating is limited and first come, first served. Priority will be given to those who register in advance. Check-in begins 30 minutes before the event and early arrival is suggested.
Sponsored by Nicholas Hall Ltd.
Image: Master of the Open-Mouthed Boys, active 1620–40, Head of a Boy, ca. 1620–25, oil on canvas, 38.9 x 28.9 cm. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT. The Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary Catlin Sumner Collection Fund.
