In 1923, following the wishes of his wife Giulia Turco who died in 1912, Raffaello Lazzari donated a series of works, among which an important collection of "artistic prints", to the municipality of Trento.
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Johannes Pieter de Frey, “Lezione di anatomia” del Professor Nicolaes Tulp, 1798, Acquaforte e acquatinta, mm 284 x 371. Trento, Castello del Buonconsiglio |
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Consisting of just over a thousand sheets, the Lazzari Turco Menz collection now kept at the Castello del Buonconsiglio, can be considered one of the more notable private collection of prints to be found in our area due to the number and quality of the etchings.
With this temporary exhibit, the museum presents to the public a significant part of this vast collection, centred on the print work by Rembrandt.
Tireless experimenter, careful investigator of the human soul, Rembrandt is one of the most important Dutch masters, already acclaimed by his contemporaries for the extraordinary newness of his print work, more so than his pictorial work.
The proposed expository route presents the greatness of the artist not only through his own etchings, but also in comparison to other Flemish, Dutch and Italian masters who were working during those same years, to artists that interpreted in print Rembrandt’s paintings, and to others that copied his prints, even on request by refined collectors.
Nicolaes Lauwers , Giove e Mercurio nella casa di Filemone e Bauci, 1640 circa, Bulino, mm 483 x 585Trento, Castello del Buonconsiglio. |
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Further information
Rembrandt e i capolavori della grafica europea |
