The exhibition "Dürer and others. A Renaissance on the banks of the Adige"

Dürer and Trentino

The German artist travelled through Trento and Trentino in the years 1494-95, and was charmed by the landscapes and atmosphere of these places, capturing their essence in a famous series of watercolour paintings.     

Dürer was attracted by a Principality where art and the arts were cultivated with great passion, and the Renaissance was interpreted in a completely original way by Trentino artists and foreign artists who came here because they were attracted by the prestige and commissions of the court of the prince-bishops and economic elites.  

In the exhibition, Dürer's presence in Trentino is remembered through etchings, drawings, and especially paintings and watercolours. Among these, as well as the previously mentioned View of Castello del Buonconsiglio, some notable pieces are the panoramas of the city of Trento, and the views of Castello di Arco and Val di Cembra with Castello di Segonzano. 

His paintings deserve a separate mention, with notable examples such as the magnificent Adoration of the Magi, from the Uffizi Gallery, and Christ among the Doctors, which was painted by Dürer in only five days, as reported by an inscription on the painting. 

IMAGE HEADER: Albrecht Dürer, Adorazione dei Magi, particolare, Firenze, Galleria degli Uffizi
IMMAGE BELOW: Albrecht Dürer, Cristo tra i dottori, 1506, Madrid, Museo Thyssen

The Trentino Renaissance

Starting from the spectacular "Dürer case", the exhibition explores the origins of the unique Renaissance that took place in Trentino, a region joining together the German and Italian worlds, between 1470 and 1530/40. 

What took shape was a new style, or rather a set of many new languages, influenced by artists, artworks, fashions and methods that travelled from Italy to Germany and Flanders, and vice versa. 

There is a particular focus on the great prince-bishop Bernardo Cles (1485-1539), promoter of the construction and decoration of the Magno Palazzo at Castello del Buonconsiglio, advisor to Maximilian I, and then member of the Imperial Diet of Charles V, as well as his Grand Chancellor.  

Further exploration is also dedicated to the role of Emperor Maximilian I, the sovereign Dürer served. Maximilian was proclaimed as King of the Romans on 4th February 1508 in Trento, with a lavish ceremony. 

IMMAGE GALLERY (da sx a dx)

Albrecht Dürer, Nemesi con veduta di Chiusa, Trento, Castello del Buonconsiglio
Albrecht Dürer, Ritratto di giovane, Genova, Musei di Strada Nuova/Palazzo Rosso
Albrecht Dürer, Adorazione dei Magi, particolare, Firenze, Galleria degli Uffizi
Albrecht Dürer , Veduta del Castello del Buonconsiglio, acquerello su carta 1495, Londra, British Museum
Michael Pacher, Santa Caterina (portella di predella da altare maggiore di Sebato), 1465 ca., Innsbruck, Ferdinandeum
Albrecht Dürer, Cristo tra i dottori, 1506, Madrid, Museo Thyssen