The Carracci Cartoons: Myths in the Making
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Join Christine Seidel, Associate Curator of Renaissance Painting, as she introduces our free exhibition, ‘The Carracci Cartoons: Myths in the Making’. This exhibition gives visitors a rare chance to see two extraordinary works by Annibale and Agostino Carracci which, at nearly four metres wide and two metres tall and in the delicate medium of charcoal and white chalk, are not often displayed.
These immense drawings were created as working tools, true-to-life-sized representations on paper in preparation for a monumental fresco for the Farnese Palace in Rome. Designed for the transfer in distinct sections of the complex composition onto fresh plaster, they offer a unique insight into the working practices of a Renaissance artist and their workshop during the preparation and execution of large-scale frescoes.
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Christine Seidel is Associate Curator of Renaissance Painting, supported by The Rothschild Foundation. Prior to joining the National Gallery in January 2024, she held fellowships at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museo Nacional del Prado and was assistant curator at the Gemäldegalerie and the Bode Museum in Berlin and Stuttgart.
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Supported by Elizabeth and Daniel Peltz OBE
Curator's introduction
The Carracci Cartoons: Myths in the Making
Free
Places are limited and allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.
This event will take place in the Pigott Theatre, located on Level -1 of the Sainsbury Wing.