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Oltre il Rinascimento: Tra Dürer e Parmigianino
"Beyond the Renaissance. Between Dürer and Parmigianino" explores Georg Baselitz's collection of European Mannerist prints alongside works from the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, curated by Daniel Blau, Sergio Risaliti and Valentina Zucchi, with four Baselitz sculptures also on display.
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In 1964 Georg Baselitz bought one print, Antonio Fantuzzi da Trento's The Sacrifice, and never really stopped. About 150 sheets from his collection and from the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest now fill the rooms of Palazzo Medici Riccardi.
Five rooms cover sacred subjects, mythology, bodies, couples and costume figures, in European printmaking from the late 15th to the early 17th century: Dürer's Rhinoceros, Parmigianino, chiaroscuro sheets by Ugo da Carpi and Beccafumi, Fontainebleau etchers, Cranach. Four Baselitz sculptures and his self-portrait sit among them, and one of the curators, Daniel Blau, is his son. Baselitz bought one print in 1964 and kept going for sixty years, which makes your 1am Vinted cart look disciplined.
We found no critical review yet, so this is description, not verdict. The palace is open 9am to 7pm, last entry 6pm, closed Wednesdays. Tickets are sold online, and guided tours run on Saturdays and Sundays at 3pm.
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In 1964 Georg Baselitz bought one print and kept going for sixty years. About 150 sheets from his collection and Budapest's Museum of Fine Arts, Dürer's Rhinoceros among them, hang with four of his sculptures. It is almost all prints.
Look for
Dürer's Rhinoceros
The famous woodcut of the armoured animal, the print most visitors know before they walk in.
Cranach's woodblock and its print
A rare surviving original block by Cranach the Elder, the wood the image was cut into, shown with printed impressions, one of them on pig's bladder.
Parmigianino's mixed prints
Sheets combining etching and woodcut, including studies on the Deposition of Christ.
The Arcimboldo prints
Prints derived from a lost Arcimboldo painting; the Agriculture image is the show's poster.
The engraving-tool cases
Display cases from Fondazione Il Bisonte that show the tools and techniques behind what is on the walls.
Good for
- Locals Who've Seen It All
- Nerding Out
Skip if
You want paintings: apart from four sculptures and a self-portrait, this is almost all prints.
With kids
A family workshop with engraving demonstrations runs on Sundays at 10:30. Under-18s enter the palace free.
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- Oltre il Rinascimento: Tra Dürer e ParmigianinoCourtesy of Palazzo Medici Riccardi
- Vasari Corridor: Friday Evening OpeningCourtesy of Vasari Corridor
- Palazzo Medici RiccardiYair Haklai, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Museo delle Cappelle MediceeCourtesy of Museo delle Cappelle Medicee
- Brunelleschi's DomeSailko, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Florence CathedralGary Campbell-Hall, CC BY 2.0
- Galleria dell'AccademiaRobot8A / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0