The Seduction of Beauty at the Bagatti Valsecchi Museum

Until 12 March, the Palazzo Bagatti Valsecchi in the Montenapoleone area is hosting works from the Gastaldi-Rotelli collection in an anthology of around fifty masterpieces.

“La seduzione del bello Capolavori segreti tra ‘600 e ‘700” Museo Bagatti Valsecchi, Milan. From 15 October 2022 to 12 March 2023 Giulio Cesare Procaccini, San Sebastiano e due angeli, 1620 circa

Collezione Gastaldi Rotelli

“La seduzione del bello Capolavori segreti tra ‘600 e ‘700” Museo Bagatti Valsecchi, Milan. From 15 October 2022 to 12 March 2023 Francesco Cairo, Maddalena portata in cielo dagli angeli, 1650

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“La seduzione del bello Capolavori segreti tra ‘600 e ‘700” Museo Bagatti Valsecchi, Milan. From 15 October 2022 to 12 March 2023 Giacomo Antonio Ceruti, La mamma col bambino e la mucca, 1740-1750 circa

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“La seduzione del bello Capolavori segreti tra ‘600 e ‘700” Museo Bagatti Valsecchi, Milan. From 15 October 2022 to 12 March 2023 Nicolas Regnier, Allegoria dell’Estate, 1617-1620

Collezione Gastaldi Rotelli

“La seduzione del bello Capolavori segreti tra ‘600 e ‘700” Museo Bagatti Valsecchi, Milan. From 15 October 2022 to 12 March 2023 Giacomo Antonio Ceruti, L’incontro al pozzo, 1750

Collezione Gastaldi Rotelli

“La seduzione del bello Capolavori segreti tra ‘600 e ‘700” Museo Bagatti Valsecchi, Milan. From 15 October 2022 to 12 March 2023 Antonio Joli, Il Colosseo e l’Arco di Costantino con pittore, 1744

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“La seduzione del bello Capolavori segreti tra ‘600 e ‘700” Museo Bagatti Valsecchi, Milan. From 15 October 2022 to 12 March 2023 Eberhard Keilhau, Scuola di ricamo con bambino e giovinetta che legge (scena domestica), 1660-1670

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“La seduzione del bello Capolavori segreti tra ‘600 e ‘700” Museo Bagatti Valsecchi, Milan. From 15 October 2022 to 12 March 2023 Francesco Guardi, Capriccio con torre rustica e velieri, 1760-1770

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“La seduzione del bello Capolavori segreti tra ‘600 e ‘700” Museo Bagatti Valsecchi, Milan. From 15 October 2022 to 12 March 2023 Carlo Francesco Nuvolone, Sacra famiglia, 1640-1650

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“La seduzione del bello Capolavori segreti tra ‘600 e ‘700” Museo Bagatti Valsecchi, Milan. From 15 October 2022 to 12 March 2023 Giovanni Paolo Pannini, Capriccio archeologico con la predica di San Pietro (Predica di San Pietro tra le rovine romane), 1740

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Valentina Petrucci
31 October 2022

At Palazzo Bagatti Valsecchi, the period residence in the heart of Milan, in the Montenapoleone district, is the exhibition “The Seduction of Beauty. Secret Masterpieces from the 17th and 18th Centuries”. Curated by Antonio D’Amico, the exhibition presents works from the Gastaldi-Rotelli collection, an anthology of around fifty masterpieces that are being shown for the first time to the many visitors. Gilda Gastaldi and Giuseppe Rotelli collect works, led by their refined and elaborate taste and ever true to their idea of beauty, the symbols of which are hidden among objects and figures, an idea of beauty that is not immediately understandable, but which is represented through meticulous genre scenes from Lombardy and Veneto painting, and dedicating space to their beloved “beggars”.

Giacomo Antonio Ceruti, La mamma col bambino e la mucca, 1740-1750 circa. Collezione Gastaldi Rotelli

The exhibition will remain open until 12 March 2023, in an exceptional location that aims to present other private collections, thus allowing curious visitors to discover the many other “hidden” masterpieces.