A Picture Gallery in the Italian Tradition of the Quadreria (1750-1850)
Sperone Westwater, New York, NY, USA
10 January-23 February 2013
The exhibition aims to evoke the manner in which collections – known as quadrerie – were formed in Italy in the 18th and 19th Centuries, as well as the way in which they were displayed, covering entire walls of the palazzo that housed them. This criterion predates the modern picture gallery, which follows a more scientific idea of classification derived from Illuminism. In addition to satisfying decorative motivations, the arrangement of works within a Quadreria followed the collector’s personal taste, with pictures hung according to related subjects or artistic genres.(…more at Sperone Westwater website…)