YEARNING FOR ITALY International Collecting in the Rome of the Vittoriano Rome, Palazzo Venezia and the Gallerie Sacconi at the Vittoriano 7 December 2017 4 March 2018 Image captions for press and media office use Exhibition poster image Nicola D'Asnasch, Portrait of Frederick and Irene Perkins, 1922 oil on wood, 51.50 x 80.50 x 5.50 cm Assisi, Museo del Tesoro della Basilica di San Francesco 01 Donato di Niccolò di Betto, known as Donatello Bust of St. Lawrence, c. 1440 terracotta (formerly painted) height 74.5 cm; max. width 62 cm; width of the base: 47 cm Paris, Peter and Kathleen Silverman Collection 02 Luca Della Robbia Bust of a Young Boy, c. 1445 glazed terracotta, 28 x 20 x 18 cm Naples, Museo Civico Gaetano Filangieri 03 Pietro Lorenzetti, Madonna and Child, c. 1330 5 tempera and gold on wood, 70.5 x 44.7 x 3.9 cm Assisi, Museo del Tesoro della Basilica di San Francesco, Mason Perkins Collection
04 Paolo Veneziano, Choir of Angels, mid-14th century, tempera and gold on wood, 38 x 61 cm 05 Giuseppe De Nittis, The Japanese Screen, 1878 watercolour on paper, 22.5 x 31.5 cm Bari, Pinacoteca Provinciale 06 Eugene J. Soligny (attributed), Tiffany & Co, New York Punch Bowl, 1873 silver, 42.5 x 64.5 cm Turin, Museo Civico d'arte Antica Palazzo Madama 07 Michael Pacher (or in the style of?), St. Michael the Archangel, c. 1480 (?) wood, 93 x 37 x 35 cm 08 Flemish cartoonist from the circle of Jan van Roome, for an unidentified manufactory in Brussels Episodes from the Life of Joseph the Jew, c. 1515 wool and silk tapestry, 413 x 417 cm Florence, Museo Stibbert 09 Alceo Dossena, Annunciation, 1920 3 marble: Virgin 213 x 252 cm; Angel 213 x 228.5 cm Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh University Art Gallery a b
10 Portrait of Socrates B type, Roman copy, mid-1st century AD, Pentelic marble, 36 x 23 x 24 cm Rome, Museo Nazionale Romano 11 Episodes from the Life of Mary and from the Life and Passion of Christ Cycle of four tapestries with superimposed embroidery, wool and linen wefts Unidentified German cartoonist, probably working in Cologne, 1465 80. German manufactory from the middle Rhineland, probably Cologne, 1465 80. Rome, Museo di Palazzo Venezia 12 John Singer Sargent (1856 1925) At Torre Galli. Ladies in a Garden, 1910, 71.1x91.5 cm London, The Royal Academy of Arts 13 Giulio Aristide Sartorio (1860 1932) The Wise Virgins and the Foolish Virgins, 1890 1 oil and tempera on wood and canvas, 188 x 295 cm Rome, Galleria Comunale d'arte Moderna 14 a,b,c,d,e,f Italy Victorious, 1911_ detail of the frieze, 14a Italy Victorious through Strength and Intelligence. Girl from behind and Victory, 1911
14b Italy Victorious through Strength and Intelligence. The laurel wreath, 1911 14c Italy Victorious through Strength and Intelligence. The ensign, 1911 14d Italy Victorious through Strength and Intelligence. Italy with its Genie, 1911 14e Italy Victorious through Strength and Intelligence. Victory and a standing veiled girl, 1911 14f Italy Victorious through Strength and Intelligence. The archer who has fired his arrow, 1911 15 Sicilian craftsmen Bedheads, late 17th early 18th century wood, glass, painted glass, mirrors, silver leaf Palermo, Fondazione "G. Whitaker"
16 Japanese artist signing himself "? Kaneya (or Kanechika)" and "Asai" Four-leaf lacquered wooden panel depicting figures beneath a blossoming cherry tree and birds wood, lacquer, ivory, pearl and silver covers Tower-Wurts donation 1933 (on permanent loan to: Rome, Museo Nazionale d'arte Orientale) 17 Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky (1817 1900) Flood, 1873 (or 1878?), Tower-Wurts donation 1933