Exposition : “Valentin de Boulogne. Allegory of Italy”, Helsinki, Sinebrychoff Art Museum, jusqu’au 12 janvier 2025
Allegory of Italy (oil on canvas, 333 x 245 cm) represents the pinnacle of Valentin’s work. It is a representative example from the golden age of Roman Baroque painting. Researchers consider the large-scale painting to be the artist’s main work, along with an altarpiece in the Vatican’s collections. Finnish art collections do not include any similar work from the Italian Baroque period. The curator of the exhibition is Sinebrychoff Art Museum’s chief curator, PhD Ira Westergård....