Vittoriano
On the occasion of the bank holiday weekend for Italian Republic Day, the exhibition “Bronze & Gold. Rome. Pope Innocent III: immersive tale of a masterpiece” was inaugurated at the Vittoriano, which will be hosted until October 1, 2023 in the Sala Zanardelli.
It was a success with the public in its first four days of opening: in fact, 69,159 visitors chose VIVE from June 1 to 4 and were able to admire the Lunette of the Niche of the Pallia, and the immersive room dedicated to the ancient basilica of St. Peter.
The exhibition is the first in a series of exhibition projects desired and conceived by the VIVE director Edith Gabrielli to enhance and introduce the masterpieces in the Palazzo Venezia and Vittoriano collections to a wider audience, in full keeping with the extensive research and outreach program put in place since the institute's opening in 2020.
The Lunette of the Niche of the Pallia is an extraordinary gilded bronze artefact of medieval goldsmithery and the most important work of art to be associated with the figure of Pope Innocent III (1198-1216) and originally, very likely destined for the Costantinian Basilica of St. Peter in the Vatican.
Visitors can not only rediscover the history and art-historical events surrounding the masterpiece but, thanks to an evocative multimedia installation, are catapulted into early 13th-century Rome.
The exhibition is curated by Alessandro Tomei, former professor of Medieval Art History at the University of Chieti and an eminent scholar of central Italian paintings of 13th- and 14th-century, miniature and suntuary arts.
The exhibition with free admission is open Monday through Sunday from 9:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. (last entrance to the exhibition at 6:45 p.m.).
For more information visit the exhibition section of the website at the link
