A New Buckingham Palace Exhibit Features Italian Renaissance Drawings
Buckingham Palace has been home to countless exhibitions that explore the history of the British royal family through art design. And now, an exhibition showcasing the artistic royalty of the Italian Renaissance is taking center-stage, with works from artists including Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael and Titan on display.
Drawing the Italian Renaissance brings together the works of more than 80 Italian Renaissance artists at The King’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace starting Friday November 1. The Royal Collection has described the exhibit of around 160 works as the widest-ranging exhibition of drawings from the period ever shown in the UK. More than 30 pieces are on display for the first time ever as the exhibition showcases designs from between 1450 and 1600.
“The Royal Collection holds an astonishing array of Italian Renaissance drawings, and brought together on this scale, they show just how dynamic and exciting drawing became during this period,” Martin Clayton, curator of Drawing the Italian Renaissance, said in a statement today. “Viewing these drawings up close gives us an intimate insight into the artist’s mind and creative process, almost as if we are looking over their shoulder and watching them work. These drawings cannot be on permanent display for conservation reasons, so this is a once-in-a-generation chance to see such a breadth of Italian Renaissance masterpieces together in one exhibition.”
The Royal Collection said that visitors will see drawings created as preparatory works for a wide range of projects, from paintings, architecture and sculpture, to metalwork, tapestry and costume, as well as “rare examples of drawings created as finished works of art in their own right.”
Drawing the Italian Renaissance is at The King’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace, from November 1, 2024 through March 9, 2025.
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