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September 02, 2005: Rosenback Museum & Library to Showcase Renaissance Art
"PHILADELPHIA: This fall, a new exhibition at the Rosenbach will highlight a large group of drawings by the Renaissance painter and architect Girolamo da Carpi (1501-1556). His intricate depictions of antiquities such as the Roman Colosseum, or of the art of his time, such as Raphael's frescoes at the Vatican, are a sumptuous guidebook to the art treasures of 16th-century Italy. The exhibition opens to the public Sept. 8 and will be on display through Dec. 4, 2005.
Drawn Together: Two Albums of Renaissance Drawings by Girolamo da Carpi, the first ever exhibition on this topic, features 29 drawings from the collections of the Rosenbach and the British Museum in London. The exhibition is also accompanied by a bilingual catalogue with 45 full-color entries and new research on the artist that will help to give Girolamo the reputation he has long deserved. Dr. Gudrun Dauner, an expert on Italian Renaissance drawings, has written the catalogue and serves as guest curator of the exhibition."
