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“Eternal Beauties”
29 Portraits of Renaissance Ladies
Sandro Botticelli, Portrait of a Young Lady (Simonetta Vespucci), 1480-1485, Tempera on Wood
• From the collection of the Kunstmuseum Gehrke-Remund, Baden-Baden, Germany
• The Museum offers on loan 29 portraits, hand-painted replicas, oil or tempera on wood of Renaissance Masters depicting 29 Renaissance noble Ladies and eternal beauties.
Leonardo Da Vinci, Lady with Ermine, (Portrait of Cecilia Gallerani), 1483-1490, Tempera on Wood
• The replicas portraits are from: Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Raffaello, Piero della Francesca, Ghirlandaio, Bronzino, Pollaiolo
• These are the Master painters of the greatest cultural change and achievement which began in Italy during the 14th century, known as “The Renaissance”.
Agnolo Bronzino, Portrait of Eleonora of Toledo, 1543
• The paintings are replicated in the same size and multi layers glaze method as they were painted in the Renaissance, with the same materials: oil or tempera on wood, and with the same rich golden frames as they can be seen today.
Piero della Francesca, Left Part of the double Portrait of Duke of Urbino, Portrait of his Wife: Battista Sforza, 1465-1466,
Tempera on Wood
• In addition, one original painting is shown from a Swiss private collector from the School of the Flemish painter Peter Paul Rubens (1600).
School of Rubens, Suzanne Fourment, after 1600, Oil on Wood
• The Kunstmuseum Gehrke-Remund is a private art museum, founded in 2008, and known for the Frida Kahlo Replica collection exhibited in Baden-Baden (2008-2013) and in the US (2013-2015).
• Following on the steps of the successful Frida Kahlo Replica exhibition concept, “Eternal Beauties” shows the paintings in the context of the time they were painted
• The Frida Kahlo exhibition concept was recognised by tens of thousands delighted visitors and by museum professionals
• “I think this production is breaking the mould and showing that Art is also a human production. History museums and history exhibitions have been displaying replicas and “of the time period but not original to the house” objects forever. I find it very refreshing that someone made the decision to do this with fine art.” Ms. Rebecca Price, Director of Membership Development Marketing and Communications at American Association for State and Local History, Nashville TN, USA.
• In addition to the artworks the Kunstmuseum provides dresses replicated by Italian textile experts and jewelry of the time period matching the paintings.
Agnolo Bronzino, Portrait of Eleonora of Toledo, 1526
• The success of the Frida Kahlo exhibition has proven that showing the context of the time and life of the artworks is accepted with delight by the visitors
• Replicas of Italian Renaissance furniture are also part of the exhibition.
• The 29 originals Portraits can be seen in Museums in London, Berlin, Paris, Firenze, New York, Boston
• “Eternal Beauties” exhibition offers the possibility to see them all in one place as Replica, and experience the story of the artists and the stories of the beautiful noble ladies painted.
Virtual Representation of the Exhibition
A Pre-view of some of the paintings in the Exhibition
“Eternal Beauties”
Technical Information
• 29 Replicas + 1 original Painting
• 5 Dresses and 10 pieces of Jewelry
• 5 pieces of Renaissance Furniture
• 60 pieces of Educational Material (photos)
• From 150 to 250 sq. meters
• Text in English for the Exhibition Catalogue
