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The MART Museum in Rovereto is dedicating a magnificent and rich exhibition to Giovanni Boldini (1842-1931), famous Italian painter, a true tribute to women and to feminine elegance.
More than 150 works come from private and public collections and the majority belong to the heritage of the Boldini Museum in Ferrara, closed to the public after the earthquake of 2012.
His paintings will then be presented at the Petit Palais in Paris.
The exhibition is entitled «Il Piacere (Le Plaisir)» and reflects the essence of the Belle Époque, a world of beauty, seduction and sensuality. It also evokes the literary work of a great Italian poet and writer, Gabriele D’Annunzio: This contemporary of Boldini frequented the same social places with him and shared with the painter the same taste for his muses.
La treccia bionda, 1891 c. olio su tela, 65,5 x 50,4 cm Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Milano