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Van Dyck in Sicily : 1624-1625, painting and the plague / Xavier F. Salomon.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Salomon, Xavier F., 1979-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Van Dyck, Anthony, 1599-1641--Exhibitions.
- Van Dyck, Anthony.
- Van Dyck, Anthony, 1599-1641--Travel--Italy--Palermo--Exhibitions.
- Van Dyck, Anthony, 1599-1641.
- Travel.
- Palermo (Italy)--History--17th century--Exhibitions.
- Palermo (Italy).
- Plague--history.
- Italy--Palermo.
- Medical Subjects:
- Plague--history.
- Genre:
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Physical Description:
- 119 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Milano : Silvana ; London : Dulwich Picture Gallery, [2012]
- Summary:
- In the spring of 1624 the painter Anthony Van Dyck (1599 -1641) moved from Genoa to Palermo in Sicily. Soon after Van Dyck's arrival, plague struck Palermo and most of the population died. In the same year, the bones of Saint Rosalia were discovered in a cave on the Monte Pellegrino where she was said to have died as a hermit in the Middle Ages. This will be the first exhibition to focus on Van Dyck's work during this period. The exhibition takes Dulwich's own Portrait of Emanuele Filiberto as a starting point and expands into an examination of Van Dyck's activity in that year. It will also be the first time in the UK that Van Dyck's portrait of the Viceroy of Sicily from Dulwich's own collection will be seen next to the spectacular suit of armour worn by the viceroy in the portrait - still surviving in the Royal Armouries of Madrid.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Van Dyck in Sicily
- Catalogue
- Van Dyck in Sicily: the Viceroy Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy
- Portraiture: Sofonisba Anguissola and Desiderio Segno
- Devotional paintings
- Saint Rosalia.
- Notes:
- Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, Feb. 15-May 27, 2012.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 114-118).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the John Dixon Hunt Fund.
- ISBN:
- 8836621724
- 9788836621729
- OCLC:
- 783446377
- Publisher Number:
- 99954141091
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