“Dürer and Italy” exhibition

Hosted in the spaces of the Stables at the Quirinale, the exhibition focuses on Dürer’s relationship with Italian art and underlines the debt that the latter accrued in the 16^th and 17^th century towards the German master.
The exhibition layout comes to grips with works of various kinds: oils, temperas, engravings, watercolours, pencil and pen drawings and sculptures. Simple natural wood panels with large risers fixed vertically to the floor furnish the rooms of the Stables at the Quirinale and guide visitors along the route. The tonal colours selected give the environment a Renaissance atmosphere.
Three exhibition systems organise the works in terms of technique and dimensions. The small works, such as drawings and engravings, are positioned on inclined lecterns and arranged in an orderly manner on the panels. Visitors can rest their elbows on the tops to enjoy a close-up view of the details. The small objects, such as coins and cameos, are placed in display cases housed directly in the lecterns. At the top of the riser, a shelf acts as a roof and supports the lighting. A second order of interpretation concerns the oils of modest dimensions, which are hung from the risers. In this case too, dedicated lighting decends from the upper shelf. Finally, the largest paintings are positioned directly on the walls of the museum and lit from above thanks to the original plan of the rooms.
A special graphic system has been designed to assist the comprehension of the exhibition: the captions are legible on the vertical plane, while on the horizontal plane of the panel there are the texts comparing the works. The descriptions of the rooms, created with adhesive film, are positioned directly on the walls.