Baldassare Castiglione (1514-15), Raphael's famous portrait of the Humanist philosopher and a treasure of Italian Renaissance art, travels briefly to the United States for the first time. The work is part of Kings as Collectors, a special exhibition that initiates a historic three-year scholarly collaboration between Atlanta's newly expanded High Museum of Art and Paris' Musée du Louvre. The show features marvelous paintings, sculptures and antiquities collected by French monarchs Louis XIV (r. 1643-1715) and Louis XVI (r. 1774-1793).
"Kings as Collectors" is on view from October 14, 2006 to September 2, 2007 at the High Museum of Art, 1280 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, GA 30309 (Telephone: 404-733-4400; Website). The museum is open Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Thursday from 10:00 AM to 8:00 AM and Sunday from 12:00 Noon to 5:00 PM. Admission is $15.00 for adults, $12.00 for senior citizens (65 years of age and older) and students with appropriate school identification card and $10.00 for children ages 6 to 17.
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From your Guide: Stan Parchin, Senior Correspondent for Museums and Special Exhibitions, is a specialist in ancient, late-medieval and Renaissance art and history, and a regular contributor to About Art History. You may read all of his Special Exhibition and Catalogue Reviews here.
"Kings as Collectors" is on view from October 14, 2006 to September 2, 2007 at the High Museum of Art, 1280 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, GA 30309 (Telephone: 404-733-4400; Website). The museum is open Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Thursday from 10:00 AM to 8:00 AM and Sunday from 12:00 Noon to 5:00 PM. Admission is $15.00 for adults, $12.00 for senior citizens (65 years of age and older) and students with appropriate school identification card and $10.00 for children ages 6 to 17.
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From your Guide: Stan Parchin, Senior Correspondent for Museums and Special Exhibitions, is a specialist in ancient, late-medieval and Renaissance art and history, and a regular contributor to About Art History. You may read all of his Special Exhibition and Catalogue Reviews here.