The Corsini collection
Subtitle: a window on Renaissance Florence
By: curators Mary Kisler, Ludovica Sebregondi ; catalogue writers, Jennifer Celani, Emma Jameson, Mary Kisler and Ludovica Sebregondi
Contributors: Auckland Art Gallery; Art Gallery of Western Australia
Publisher: Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Auckland, New Zealand]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 147
ISBN-13: 9780864633149
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Exhibitions; Art patronage; Art collections; Renaissance Art
Other titles: Window on Renaissance Florence
Description: "From the private collection of the eminent Corsini family in Florence, Italy, comes this fascinating exhibition featuring Renaissance and Baroque painting by artists such as Botticelli, Andrea del Sarto, Caravaggio and Pontormo. The exhibition provides a window on the family's continuing passion for collecting art, their support of artists, and their ongoing loyalty to the city of Florence, which has prevailed through the devastation of WWll and the inescapable forces of nature during the flood in Florence in 1966. Portraits, landscape, mythological and religious paintings, as well as sculpture, works on paper, furniture, costumes, embroidery, games, kitchen equipment and a lavish dining room set for six, will portray the life of this family at the Palazzo Corsini and their patronage of the arts. It will be the first time this collection of artworks has toured outside Italy and the first time a Florentine private collection will be displayed in Aotearoa New Zealand."--Publisher description.
Notes: Published on the occasion of the exhibition The Corsini Collection: A Window on Renaissance Florence, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki 2 September 2017-21 January 2018 and A Window on Italy. The Corsini Collection: Masterpieces from Florence, 24 February-19 June 2018, Art Gallery of Western Australia.

Includes bibliographical references (page 133-141) and index.
Table of contents: title: A city, a family, a collection / Ludovica Sebregondi; title: With paint and pen / Mary Kisler; title: Private ownership, national heritage / Jennifer Celani; title: Corsini family; title: Corsini collection; title: Corsini family tree.