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Exhibition Checklist: a Superb Baroque: Art in Genoa, 1600-1750 Sep 26, 2021–Jan 9, 2022 UPDATED: 8/11/2020 10:45:10 AM Exhibition Checklist: A Superb Baroque: Art in Genoa, 1600-1750 Sep 26, 2021–Jan 9, 2022 The exhibition is curated by Jonathan Bober, Andrew W. Mellon Senior Curator of Prints and Drawings National Gallery of Art; Piero Boccardo, superintendent of collections for the City of Genoa; and Franco Boggero, director of historic and artistic heritage at the Soprintendenza Archeologia, Belle Arti e Paesaggio, Genoa. The exhibition is organized by the National Gallery of Art, Washington, and the Scuderie del Quirinale, Rome, with special cooperation from the City and Museums of Genoa. The exhibition is made possible by the Robert Lehman Foundation. Additional funding is provided by The Exhibition Circle of the National Gallery of Art. The exhibition is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities. Press Release: https://www.nga.gov/press/exh/5051.html Order Press Images: https://www.nga.gov/press/exh/5051/images.html Press Contact: Laurie Tylec, (202) 842-6355 or [email protected] Object ID: 5051-345 Valerio Castello David Offering the Head of Goliath to King Saul, 1640/1645 red chalk on laid paper overall: 28.6 x 25.8 cm (11 1/4 x 10 3/16 in.) National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection Object ID: 5051-315 Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione The Genius of Castiglione, before 1648 etching plate: 37 x 24.6 cm (14 9/16 x 9 11/16 in.) sheet: 37.3 x 25 cm (14 11/16 x 9 13/16 in.) National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Ruth B. Benedict in memory of William S. Benedict Object ID: 5051-254 Bartolomeo Guidobono Seated Sibyl, c. 1690/1695 brush and brown, blue, and gray ink over black chalk and graphite, heightened with white overall: 39.2 x 26.8 cm (15 7/16 x 10 9/16 in.) National Gallery of Art, Washington, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund Object ID: 5051-258 Giuseppe Palmieri The Vision of the Immaculate Conception, 1732 brush with brown wash, pen and brown ink, and white heightening over black chalk overall: 66 x 48.9 cm (26 x 19 1/4 in.) National Gallery of Art, Washington, Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund and Andrea Woodner Fund National Gallery of Art Press Office 1 A Superb Baroque: Art in Genoa, 1600-1750 Sep 26, 2021–Jan 9, 2022 Object ID: 5051-245 Domenico Piola Satyr Entertaining His Family, 1690/1700 pen and brown ink with brown wash sheet: 28 x 24.5 cm (11 x 9 5/8 in.) mount: 40.6 x 32.4 cm (16 x 12 3/4 in.) National Gallery of Art, Washington, Purchased as the Gift of Joan and David Maxwell Object ID: 5051-040 Giovanni Battista Gaulli, called Baciccio The Triumph of the Name of Jesus, c. 1676 oil on paper, laid down on canvas overall: 163 x 111 cm (64 3/16 x 43 11/16 in.) framed: 175.9 x 123.5 x 6 cm (69 1/4 x 48 5/8 x 2 3/8 in.) Princeton University Art Museum, Museum purchase, Fowler McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund and Laura P. Hall Memorial Fund Princeton University Art Museum / Art Resource, NY Object ID: 5051-051 Giacomo Antonio Ponsonelli Stefano Durazzo, 1677 marble overall: 99 x 83 cm (39 x 32 11/16 in.) Object ID: 5051-204 Andrea Ansaldo The Invention of the Holy Cross, 1620/1625 pen and brown ink with brown wash over traces of black chalk, heightened with white, on blue prepared paper sheet: 32.8 x 24 cm (12 15/16 x 9 7/16 in.) Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe di Palazzo Rosso, Genoa Object ID: 5051-217 Jan Roos, called Giovanni Rosa Peasants with a Cow, red chalk sheet: 29 x 21 cm (11 7/16 x 8 1/4 in.) framed: 52.5 x 39.5 x 3 cm (20 11/16 x 15 9/16 x 1 3/16 in.) Gallerie degli Uffizi, Gabinetto dei Disegni e delle Stampe, Florence Object ID: 5051-269 Sebastiano Galeotti Prophet Daniel, c. 1730 pen and black ink with brush and gray wash on gray-green paper sheet: 32.1 x 24.5 cm (12 5/8 x 9 5/8 in.) framed: 53.3 x 43.1 x 3.8 cm (21 x 16 15/16 x 1 1/2 in.) Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, The Suida-Manning Collection Object ID: 5051-303 Bartolomeo Biscaino Fantastic Landscape with a Man Drinking from a Stream, 1650s red chalk with white heightening National Gallery of Art, Washington, New Century Fund National Gallery of Art Press Office 2 A Superb Baroque: Art in Genoa, 1600-1750 Sep 26, 2021–Jan 9, 2022 Object ID: 5051-295 Aurelio Lomi The Stoning of Saint Stephen, c. 1602 pen and ink with oil over chalk on four sheets of paper sheet: 94.5 x 78 cm (37 3/16 x 30 11/16 in.) framed: 106.5 x 86.5 x 5.5 cm (41 15/16 x 34 1/16 x 2 3/16 in.) Courtesy of Giacometti Old Master Paintings Object ID: 5051-314 Gioacchino Assereto The Death of Saint Joseph, c. 1640–1650 black chalk sheet: 10.5 x 15.3 cm (4 1/8 x 6 in.) Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe di Palazzo Rosso, Genoa Object ID: 5051-329 Alessandro Magnasco Monks Warming Themselves at the Fire, c. 1725–1730 oil on canvas overall: 76.5 x 54 cm (30 1/8 x 21 1/4 in.) Rob Smeets Gallery, Geneva Cat. No. 1 / Object ID: 5051-296 Giovanni Battista Paggi Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist, 1604 oil on canvas overall: 153 x 112 cm (60 1/4 x 44 1/8 in.) framed: 170 x 129 cm (66 15/16 x 50 13/16 in.) Private collection Cat. No. 2 / Object ID: 5051-197 Giovanni Battista Paggi The Stoning of Saint Stephen, 1604 pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash over black chalk, squared in black chalk sheet: 41.1 x 27.7 cm (16 3/16 x 10 7/8 in.) Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe di Palazzo Rosso, Genoa Cat. No. 3 / Object ID: 5051-310 Bernardo Castello Christ Healing the Centurion’s Servant, c. 1590 red chalk with red wash over black chalk sheet: 40.5 x 28.7 cm (15 15/16 x 11 5/16 in.) framed: 63.5 x 51.44 cm (25 x 20 1/4 in.) Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy J. Younger Cat. No. 5 / Object ID: 5051-309 Lazzaro Tavarone Kneeling Male Figure, c. 1633 black chalk, heightened with white on red prepared paper sheet: 36.2 x 26 cm (14 1/4 x 10 1/4 in.) Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe di Palazzo Rosso, Genoa © Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe di Palazzo Rosso National Gallery of Art Press Office 3 A Superb Baroque: Art in Genoa, 1600-1750 Sep 26, 2021–Jan 9, 2022 Cat. No. 6 / Object ID: 5051-060 Peter Paul Rubens Giovan Carlo Doria, 1606 oil on canvas overall: 265 x 188 cm (104 5/16 x 74 in.) framed: 293 x 208 x 14 cm (115 3/8 x 81 7/8 x 5 1/2 in.) Galleria Nazionale della Liguria a Palazzo Spinola, Genoa Scala / Ministero per i Beni e le Attività culturali / Art Resource, NY Cat. No. 7 / Object ID: 5051-341 Peter Paul Rubens The Miracles of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, c. 1619 oil on panel overall: 73.7 x 50.2 cm (29 x 19 3/4 in.) Cat. No. 8 / Object ID: 5051-062 Giulio Cesare Procaccini The Ecstasy of the Magdalen, 1618/1621 oil on canvas original canvas: 213.8 x 143.6 cm (84 3/16 x 56 1/2 in.) overall size (lined canvas and stretcher): 216 x 146 cm (85 1/16 x 57 1/2 in.) framed: 258.1 x 189.6 x 10.8 cm (101 5/8 x 74 5/8 x 4 1/4 in.) gross weight (painting and frame together): 65.772 kg (145 lb.) National Gallery of Art, Washington, Patrons' Permanent Fund Cat. No. 9 / Object ID: 5051-005 Simon Vouet David with the Head of Goliath, 1621 oil on canvas overall: 123 x 94 cm (48 7/16 x 37 in.) framed: 146 x 113.2 x 7 cm (57 1/2 x 44 9/16 x 2 3/4 in.) Musei di Strada Nuova, Palazzo Bianco, Genoa © Musei di Strada Nuova Cat. No. 10 / Object ID: 5051-006 Orazio Gentileschi Danaë and the Shower of Gold, 1621/1625 oil on canvas overall: 161.5 x 227.1 cm (63 9/16 x 89 7/16 in.) framed: 201.3 x 266.4 x 9.5 cm (79 1/4 x 104 7/8 x 3 3/4 in.) The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles Digital image courtesy of the Getty's Open Content Program Cat. No. 11 / Object ID: 5051-004 Bernardo Strozzi Saint Catherine of Alexandria, c. 1617 oil on canvas overall: 165 x 123 cm (64 15/16 x 48 7/16 in.) framed: 198.6 x 148.27 x 10.16 cm (78 3/16 x 58 3/8 x 4 in.) Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, The Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary Catlin Sumner Collection Fund, Endowed in memory of A. Everett Austin Jr. by Mrs. A. Everett Austin Jr. Cat. No. 12 / Object ID: 5051-065 Bernardo Strozzi The Calling of Saint Matthew, c.
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