The Renaissance in Brescia. Moretto, Romanino, Savoldo 1512-1552
From 18 October 2024 to 16 February 2025
The exhibition
Curated by: Roberta D’Adda, Filippo Piazza and Enrico Valseriati
An initiative promoted by: Municipality of Brescia, Fondazione Brescia Musei, Alleanza Cultura
Coproduced by: Skira Editore
Contributed by: Regione Lobardia
Under the patronage of: Diocese of Brescia, Department of Historical, Geographical and Ancient Sciences (DiSSGeA) of the University of Padua, Fondazione Tassara
Sponsor: Remed, Emoda
Art conservation partner: SA Finance®, Unicredit, Unicredit Art Collection
Educational partner: Calvisius
Sponsor Pinacoteca: Metal Work
Technical sponsor: Butterfly Transport, Gruppo Brescia Mobilità, Strategica
Visit with: Abbonamento Musei Lombardia
Travel partner: Italo
With the support of: Associazione Comitato di San Floriano; Consiglio Notarile di Brescia; Ordine degli Avvocati di Brescia; Ordine dei Dottori Commercialisti e degli Esperti Contabili di Brescia
Special thanks to: Circolo al teatro
The Renaissance in Brescia. Moretto, Romanino, Savoldo 1512-1552, is the great exhibition event of Fondazione Brescia Musei’s cultural program for autumn 2024.
In the rooms, paintings by the great masters of Brescian painting -which came to Brescia from six American museums and important Italian and European collections- dialogue with rare and precious objects such as ancient musical instruments, armor, tapestries and majolica plates, restoring an evocative image of the thoughts, feelings, objects and characters that animated the life of the city.
While the activities of Alessandro Bonvicino il Moretto, Girolamo Romanino and Giovanni Gerolamo Savoldo have been widely explored in more than a century of studies, an overall account of the 16th century Brescia in its richness, complexity and, in some ways, contradictory nature has been lacking until now.
The point of view will therefore be centered around emblematic characters, such as Fortunato Martinengo, the Brescian nobleman portrayed by Moretto in the painting preserved at the National Gallery in London, or such as the bride and groom Gerolamo Martinengo and Eleonora Gonzaga for whom sumptuous celebrations were organized, or even female protagonists of a female “revolution” such as Angela Merici.
Poetry, nature, music, love, faith, desire, and research are at the center of this unprecedented narrative for works, which begins with the evocation of the Sack of 1512, which brought Brescia to the attention of all of Europe.
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Tickets
The entrance ticket to the exhibition The Renaissance in Brescia Moretto, Romanino, Savoldo. 1512-1552 also allows a visit to the exhibition Massimo Sestini. Zenit of photography at the Museo di Santa Giulia.
Cinema + Exhibition, your double experience with a special discount!
Cinema Nuovo Eden ticket holders can visit temporary exhibitions at the Santa Giulia Museum at the reduced rate.
Holders of a ticket for the Santa Giulia Museum’s temporary exhibitions can access a screening at the Cinema Nuovo Eden at the reduced rate.
Staying in Brescia is worthwhile!
For the guests of HB Hotel (Hotel Vittoria, Hotel Regal, Hotel Leonessa, Hotel Master, Hotel Igea), Federalberghi (Hotel Al Poggio Verde, Hotel Ambasciatori) and Areadocks Boutique Hotel the entrance ticket is at a reduced rate upon presentation of the valid voucher issued by the hotel at the cash desk.
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The entrance ticket to the exhibition The Renaissance in Brescia Moretto, Romanino, Savoldo. 1512-1552 also allows a visit to the exhibition Massimo Sestini. Zenit of photography at the Museo di Santa Giulia.
Conventions
Discover the advantages for those who keep their museum entrance tickets!
Keep your entrance ticket to the exhibition The Renaissance in Brescia. Moretto, Romanino, Savoldo 1512-1552 and you will be entitled to a discounted entrance fee at Gallerie D’Italia, Fondazione Il Vittoriale degli Italiani, Palazzo Maffei Casa Museo, Museo delle storie di Bergamo, Museo Castello del Buonconsiglio Monumenti e collezioni provinciali and Fondazione Palazzo Te.
Similarly, visitors who show a Gallerie d’Italia, Fondazione Il Vittoriale degli Italiani, Palazzo Maffei Casa Museo, Museo delle storie di Bergamo, Museo Castello del Buonconsiglio Monumenti e collezioni provinciali or Fondazione Palazzo Te ticket issued in the current year at the ticket office of one of the Brescia Civic Museums will be entitled to a concessionary entry.
Opening times
Summer timetable (1 June – 30 settembre):
- Mondays (non-holidays): Closed
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday: 10.00 a.m. – 7.00 p.m.
- Last admission: 6.15 p.m.
Winter hours (1 October – 31 May):
- Mondays (non-holidays): Closed
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday: 10.00 a.m. – 6.00 p.m.
- Last admission: 5.15 p.m.