Tiepolo, Piazzetta, Canaletto, Piranesi, Guardi… //The professor’s drawings

The collection of drawings put together by Giuseppe Fiocco, and now part of the Foundation collections, reflects the variety and wealth of the scholar’s interests. Within the collection, the group of Veneto school works are particularly important, especially the extraordinarily interesting core of around 200 drawings by Giambattista Pittoni and his school, once in the collection of Baron Ugo Salvotti. They account for the largest part of the Venetian painter’s graphic output. Other sheets in the Fiocco collection help us piece together the highly varied scene of 18th-century Venetian drawing, illustrating the genres, and various forms and techniques – from preliminary studies up to independent works. Among the most significant drawings are a Head of a Young Man by Giambattista Piazzetta, the caricatures and Punchinellos by Giambattista Tiepolo, the studies by Giandomenico Tiepolo and Giambattista Piranesi, and the sketches for vedute by Canaletto and Francesco Guardi. Another important group consists of the drawings once owned by Daniele Donghi: there are two particularly noteworthy sections, the book of drawings by the architect Giacomo Quarenghi and the designs by the Belluno painter and stage-designer Pietro Gonzaga.

Promoted by the Giorgio Cini Foundation in collaboration with City of Padua – Department of Museums, Cultural Policies and Events – Civic Museums, the exhibition enjoys the patronage and financial support of the Veneto Region.

Padua, Eremitani Civic Museum
8 May – 24 July 2005

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