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Italian masterpieces on display at Warsaw's Royal Castle

22.06.2022 18:00
An exhibition featuring paintings by Italian masters from the 15th and 16th centuries has opened at the Royal Castle in Warsaw.
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The show, entitled Botticelli Tells a Storycomprises works by artists representing the most significant artistic centres of northern Italy, including Venice, Florence, Ferrara, Bergamo and Verona, from the mid-15th to the late 16th centuries.

On display are seven masterpieces of Renaissance art from the collections of the Accademia Carrara in Bergamo, as well as two exceptionally valuable pieces recently acquired by Warsaw's Royal Castle.

Visitors will have the opportunity to see works by masters such as Giovanni Bellini, Vittore Carpaccio, Cosmè Tura, Lorenzo Lotto, Giovanni Battista Moroni and Paolo Veronese.

The greatest masterpiece on display, however, is Sandro Botticelli’s The Story of Virginia.

Agnieszka Bielawska has this report.

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