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6 December 1996 to 2 March 1997 NAPOLI! ... Mantegna, Raffael, Tizian, El Greco ... The Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte is one of the most important museums of Europe (Image of the museum, Attention: 160kB JPG). It will present its collection in Bonn for the first time outside Naples with a comprehensive selection of masterpieces. The collection's history goes back as far as the 16th century. It has 'inherited' some of the most valuable and culturally important collections belonging to the Italian princely families, from the Bourbon Kings, the Borgia or even Farnese families. Founded by Pope Paul III (1534-1594), the Farnese Collection, for example, is comparable only to the Papal or Medici collections. Examples of Italian art of the Renaissance, Mannerism and early Baroque as well as of sculptures and 16th century Flemish painting, comprising all the areas of the Museum's collection, are represented in the exhibition by important works from, among others, Mantegna, Raphael, Titian, El Greco, Pontormo, Correggio and the Carracci. In addition, the magnificent painting of the 'secolo d'oro', or Golden Age of Neapolitan Baroque art is well represented here. Its expressiveness, richness of color and sensuousness deserve to be re- appreciated. Aside from works by Jusepe de Ribera or Artemesia Gentileschi the public will be able to admire four large-scale still-lifes of the 17th century that belong to the most beautiful of this genre. The exhibition will also acquaint visitors with some hidden treasures of the Museum, as for example the medieval enamel and goldsmith work from the Borgia Collection, or paintings from the so-called Posillipo School. The school's lyrical vedute, or city-scapes, painted from nature, revolutionized 19th- century Italian landscape painting. Furthermore, major examples of verism painting, the Italian version of socially critical realism which was similarly revolutionary, will be exhibited in Bonn. Many of these works have been specially restored for the exhibition and can thus be appreciated in their original brilliance. They include one of the most beautiful tapestries of the 16th century belonging to the Emperor Charles V. Visit the Napoli! Exhibition right now: RealVideo G2 Quicktime movie: Version 1: 10 fps (3.3 MB), 58 sec, no sound Version 2: 5 fps (1.4 MB), 58 sec, no sound More RealVideo and Quicktime movies at our Movie Page. Gallery Studiolo and Stanza della Musica Neapolitan Nativity Scenes VIVA NAPOLI! - An accompanying program to the exhibition (sorry, german only) The catalogue The Exhibition Poster Exhibition Curator Giulio Macchi Exhibition Design Paolo Martellotti email: Lothar Altringer, Project Manager

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