highlights. Masters from the 1500s to the 1700s from the National Museums of Genoa

edited by Alessandra Guerrini, Luca Leoncini, Anna Manzitti, Gianluca Zanelli

Palazzo Reale, Teatro del Falcone – from 26 May to 24 September 2023

The Highlights exhibition opens to the public on Friday 26 May 2023. Masters from the 1500s to the 18th century by the National Museums of Genoa staged, until 24 September 2023, in the Teatro del Falcone of Palazzo Reale and dedicated to the heritage of the collections of the National Museums of Genoa, with over forty works by great artists such as Joos van Cleve , Tintoretto, Orazio Gentileschi, Antoon van Dyck, Guercino, Grechetto, Bernardo Strozzi, five of which are recent purchases by the Ministry of Culture on display for the first time.

The two Genoese museums bring their main works from the 1500s to the 1700s into dialogue for the first time in a special setting, thus highlighting the richness of the ancient Genoese collections. On display are Flemish, Venetian, Bolognese, Neapolitan, Roman paintings and paintings from the major European pictorial schools as well as some masterpieces of Ligurian and Italian sculpture.

The exhibition ends with an invitation to discover the rooms of the two historic homes, on a journey to discover the unique heritage of the National Museums of Genoa.