Raphael's exhibition opened at the Pushkin Museum. Madonna, the mute and Raphael himself Exhibition of Raphael what paintings

11 works of the great Italian came to Russia for the first time. The exhibition opens today and will run at the Museum fine arts until December 11, 2016. There are already queues.

Rafael Santi is traditionally one of the most revered Western artists in Russia. For example, writers Leo Tolstoy and Fyodor Dostoevsky in their offices instead of icons kept a reproduction of the "Sistine Madonna", considering it the pinnacle of religious painting. Few people already remember, but after World War II it was the "Sistine Madonna" that was kept in the storerooms of the Pushkin Museum in Moscow, from where it was taken to its historical homeland only in 1955.

Director of the Pushkin Museum A.S. Pushkina Marina Loshak is sure that the walls of the Raphael Museum are "remembered" and the most suitable place for his exhibition in Russia has been chosen.

- This exhibition is not just a set of canvases, it contains a certain idea, meanings that draw us to Raphael, and to the era, and to his influence on world culture in general, and on Russian culture in particular. I am asked about the amazing stories associated with the exhibition. So, main story, the miracle lies in the fact that in difficult conditions we still managed to organize it, in a short time and at the highest level, - said Marina Loshak, referring to the difficulties with the export of paintings, which had to be insured for an unprecedented 500 million euros.

On the walls of the exhibition, in addition to paintings by Raphael, were placed poems of his contemporaries - poets and friends of the artist, as well as his father. Like all titans of the Renaissance, Raphael himself was fond of poetry (in addition to painting and architecture), so the exhibition also found a place for his own lyrics.

According to the director of the Uffizi galleries, who provided most of the works for the Moscow exhibition, Eike Schmidt, hallmark the exposition is attention to the personality of a person, which Raphael was the most fully manifested in his work. Schmidtcompared the impressions of Raphael's paintings with artistic technique Tarkovsky in the film "Solaris":

If the viewer looks closely at the portraits of Raphael, he will see not only living people, but he will see their thought process. Thus, Raphael solves the problem of depicting a contemplative and active life... As in the scene of "Solaris", when heroes float in front of the viewer for long minutes who do nothing - these are their images, a change of portraits that must be contemplated.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia and former ambassador Russia in Italy Aleksey Meshkov noted that the example of organizing this exhibition shows: in difficult times in Russia and Europe, it is mutual trust that allows you to export genius things to a foreign country and not be afraid that they will return to their homeland.

Note that Raphael's exhibition opens a special, Italian, season in Russia. This includes a tour of the Teatro alla Scala, and the unique works of Raphael at the Pushkin Museum, as well as the exhibition of the great Italian painter-engraver of the 18th century Giovanni Battista Piranesi, opening there on September 20.

MOSCOW, September 13 - RIA Novosti, Valeria Vysokosova. Visitors to the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts will see eight masterpieces of the great Italian painter Raphael Santi for the first time at the Raphael. Poetry of the Image exhibition, which will open on Tuesday and run until December 11.

Long-awaited guest

The exhibition consists of eight paintings and three graphic drawings by the great master, which are usually kept in various galleries and museums in Italy, mainly in the Uffizi Gallery and the National Art Gallery in Bologna.

Despite the modest number of exhibits (only 11 paintings), the exhibition is rightfully called the most ambitious: earlier in Russia there were works by Raphael, but at the same time in such a volume - never. The curators of the exhibition are Victoria Markova, curator of Italian painting at the Pushkin Museum, and Marcia Fayetti, head of the Drawing and Engraving Cabinet of the Uffizi Gallery.

“The exhibition is very important, because it is the first, because it should help to understand Raphael. It is very important that it should remind all of us that we must respect, love, experience and not forget our own classics, for which Raphael was the beacon ", - said Victoria Markova at the opening of the exhibition.

Raphael in the context of Russian culture

The main idea of ​​the exposition was the relationship of Russian culture and literature with the work of Raphael. According to Markova, the artist had a huge impact on many classics, from Alexander Pushkin to Fyodor Dostoevsky. Memories of contemporaries testify that the contemplation of the "Sistine Madonna" (1513, now kept in the Gallery of Old Masters in Dresden) revived the author of "Crime and Punishment", who knew the dark abysses of human nature, to life, gave him light and hope.

Pushkin did not get to see foreign masterpieces. Since he never left the limits Russian Empire, he was content with little: at that time, four paintings by the artist were kept in the Hermitage, including Madonna Conestabil, The Holy Family (1506, the second name of the painting is Madonna with a beardless Joseph), Saint George slaying the dragon ( 1503-1505) and the composition in the circle "Madonna Alba" (1511). The last two paintings were sold abroad, now they are kept in the collection National Gallery arts in Washington.

Despite this, Alexander Pushkin was able to learn the great through the small, to understand Raphael's painting, the spiritual aspirations of his work and to embody an indelible impression in his works. The artist's name appears in the poet's poems throughout his life.

In the space of the exposition, the connection between the two creators can be traced especially clearly. The walls of the hall, decorated in blue and wine tones, are decorated with poetic lines by Pushkin. Also, attentive viewers will notice the works of Gabriel Derzhavin and some Italian poets.

“Realizing these connections, we must clearly understand that Russian culture has European roots, that we are Europeans, that our literature is without contact with Raphael, who expressed the essence of European culture, we would not have, "- says Markova.

Living portrait

The exhibition consists of eight paintings, among which are paired portraits of Maddalena and Agnolo Doni (1504-1507), commissioned by a wealthy couple in Florence, "Mute" (about 1507) against a dull black background, "Madonna and Child", also known as " Madonna Granduca "(1504-1508), which reflects the influence of Leonardo da Vinci, a portrait of Elisabetta Gonzaga (1506), as well as an exquisite self-portrait of Raphael himself (1505).

© provided by the press service of the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts

© provided by the press service of the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts

The central image of the exhibition is "The Ecstasy of St. Cecilia with Saints Paul, John the Evangelist, Augustine and Mary Magdalene" (1515). This is the artist's latest painting in the exhibition, which is considered one of the classics.

"Raphael is called first contemporary artist because he brought us closer to a living person. He tried to take the human essence out of him, while endowing him with features that were inherent in the Renaissance image. These are absolutely living people. Raphael accepted, perceived and improved everything. He worked within himself, giving his own vision to his discoveries in the field of the best, "said the director of the museum Marina Loshak at the opening, adding that the artist's inner integrity gave integrity to the images that he embodied.

There are also three graphic drawings Raphael: Sketch for a portrait of Elisabetta Gonzaga and two profiles of young women.

Italian art for Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts Pushkin is a priority. The museum has already shown the works of Caravaggio, Titian and Lorenzo Lotto, and this fall they will show at once 11 works of the "titan" of the Renaissance - Raphael. In total Pushkin Museum brought eight paintings and three drawings by the master. And, according to the Italian Ambassador to Russia Cesare Maria Ragaglini, the cost of these works by the artist is estimated at € 500 million. All of them are provided by Italian museums, including the Florentine Uffizi Gallery.

It is from Uffizi the famous "Self-portrait" Raphael. His artist painted at 22. The correct features of Raphael's youthful face are in harmony with the elegance of his clothes. This image more than once inspired artists of subsequent centuries to create their own interpretations. At the exhibition in Pushkin Museum general attention is paid to portrait painting Raphael. The artist created a new type of Renaissance portrait: his hero, endowed with recognizable features of a specific person, also appears as a generalized image of his time.

At the end of 1504, after Raphael's arrival in Florence, his popularity began to grow. He received many orders for the images of saints. The artist created about 20 images of Madonnas. Moscow will show "Madonna Granduca" written in 1505. The composition of the canvas, which became a kind of standard for the image of the Mother of God in the work of Raphael, reflects the influence of Leonardo da Vinci. Two great artists met in Florence. And Raphael carefully studied the technique of Leonardo. At the exhibition in Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts Pushkin will also show preparatory drawing, revealing one of the stages of Raphael's work on "Madonna Granduca".

The exhibition of Raphael's works will run until early December. And even before the opening of the exposition, the director Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts Pushkin Marina Loshak predicted queues for her. “We have prepared and there are tickets online. But all the same, there will be queues, I believe in our spectator. He will stand in lines the same way we stand when arriving somewhere to see something important for ourselves, ”said Loshak. The museum also introduced time limits for visiting the exhibition. The sessions will last 45 minutes.

Raphael, along with Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo, is called one of the "titans" of the Renaissance. Even during his lifetime, contemporaries endowed him with the epithet "divine", and in the epitaph written by his friend Cardinal Bembo on the grave in the Roman Pantheon it is inscribed: that she also dies with him. " According to the exhibition curator Victoria Markova, Raphael "is absolutely associated with the era, and the era is associated with Raphael."

Visitors to the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts will see eight masterpieces of the great Italian painter Rafael Santi for the first time at the Raphael. Poetry of the Image exhibition, which will run until December 11.

Long-awaited guest

The exhibition consists of eight paintings and three graphic drawings by the great master, which are usually kept in various galleries and museums in Italy, mainly in the Uffizi Gallery and the National Art Gallery in Bologna.

Despite the modest number of exhibits (only 11 paintings), the exhibition is rightfully called the most ambitious: earlier in Russia there were works by Raphael, but at the same time in such a volume - never. The curators of the exhibition are Victoria Markova, curator of Italian painting at the Pushkin Museum, and Marcia Fayetti, head of the Drawing and Engraving Cabinet of the Uffizi Gallery.

Visitors at the painting "St. Cecilia" at the opening of the exhibition "Raphael. Poetry of the Image" at the Pushkin Museum. Pushkin

“The exhibition is very important, because it is the first, because it should help to understand Raphael. It is very important that it should remind all of us that we must respect, love, experience and not forget our own classics, for which Raphael was the beacon ", - said Victoria Markova at the opening of the exhibition.

Raphael in the context of Russian culture

The main idea of ​​the exposition was the relationship of Russian culture and literature with the work of Raphael. According to Markova, the artist had a huge impact on many classics, from Alexander Pushkin to Fyodor Dostoevsky. Memories of contemporaries testify that the contemplation of the "Sistine Madonna" (1513, now kept in the Gallery of Old Masters in Dresden) revived the author of "Crime and Punishment", who knew the dark abysses of human nature, to life, gave him light and hope.

Pushkin did not get to see foreign masterpieces. Since he never left the borders of the Russian Empire, he was content with little: at that time, the Hermitage kept four paintings by the artist, including "Madonna Conestabile", "Holy Family" (1506, the second name of the painting is "Madonna with a beardless Joseph"). "Saint George Slaying the Dragon" (1503-1505) and the composition in the circle "Madonna Alba" (1511). The last two paintings were sold overseas and are now in the collection of the National Gallery of Art in Washington.

A visitor at the self-portrait of artist Rafael Santi at the opening of the exhibition "Raphael. Poetry of the Image" at the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts. Pushkin

Despite this, Alexander Pushkin was able to learn the great through the small, to understand Raphael's painting, the spiritual aspirations of his work and to embody an indelible impression in his works. The artist's name appears in the poet's poems throughout his life.

In the space of the exposition, the connection between the two creators can be traced especially clearly. The walls of the hall, decorated in blue and wine tones, are decorated with poetic lines by Pushkin. Also, attentive viewers will notice the works of Gabriel Derzhavin and some Italian poets.

“Realizing these connections, we must clearly understand that Russian culture has European roots, that we are Europeans, that we would not have our literature without contact with Raphael, who expressed the essence of European culture,” says Markova.

Living portrait

The exhibition consists of eight paintings, among which are paired portraits of Maddalena and Agnolo Doni (1504-1507), commissioned by a wealthy couple in Florence, "Mute" (about 1507) against a dull black background, "Madonna and Child", also known as " Madonna Granduca "(1504-1508), which reflects the influence of Leonardo da Vinci, a portrait of Elisabetta Gonzaga (1506), as well as an exquisite self-portrait of Raphael himself (1505).

Raphael Santi. Madonna Granduca, 1505, Palazzo Pitti, Florence

The central image of the exhibition is "The Ecstasy of St. Cecilia with Saints Paul, John the Evangelist, Augustine and Mary Magdalene" (1515). This is the artist's latest painting in the exhibition, which is considered one of the classics.

"Raphael is called the first contemporary artist, because he brought us closer to a living person. He tried to take the human essence out of him, while endowing him with features that were inherent in the Renaissance image. These are absolutely living people. Raphael accepted, perceived and improved everything. He was did work within himself, giving his own views to his discoveries in the field of the best, "said the director of the museum Marina Loshak at the opening, adding that the artist's inner integrity gave integrity to the images that he embodied.

Also on display are three graphic drawings by Raphael: a sketch for a portrait of Elisabetta Gonzaga and two profiles of young women.

According to the curator of the exhibition, Victoria Markova, Raphael expressed the essence of the High Renaissance, her desire for an ideal that unites the earthly and the higher. That is why the heroes of his works, with all their humanity, do not lose divine light.

Get to know Raphael

The exhibition "Raphael. Poetry of the Image" will be accompanied by an extensive educational program. Guests of the Pushkin Museum will be able to continue their acquaintance with the artist's work during lectures, musical and poetry evenings.

"Italian September" begins in Moscow. September 13 at the Pushkin Museum. A.S. Pushkin opens an exhibition that the Italian Ambassador to Moscow Cesare Maria Ragaglini at a press conference in TASS called unique not only for Russia, but for the entire world community. We are talking, of course, about the exhibition "Raphael. Poetry of the Image. Works from the Uffizi Galleries and Other Collections of Italy".

For the first time, eight paintings and three drawings by Rafael Santi from Urbino leave Italian museums and come to Moscow. Including one of the artist's early self-portraits of 1506, a special display of which will take place at the Italian Embassy, ​​paired portraits of Agnolo Doni, a Florentine collector of antiquities, a philanthropist, and his wife Maddalena (1505-1506), a portrait of Eleanor Gonzaga and the famous portrait of an unknown from the National gallery Marche (Urbino). In addition to portraits, the favorite painting of the Grand Duke Ferdinand III of Lorraine will come to Moscow from the Palatine Gallery (recently included in the Uffizzi Galleries), hence the name - "Madonna Granduc" (1505), as well as "Ecstasy of St. Cecilia with St. Paul, John the Evangelist , Augustine and Mary Magdalene "from the National Pinakothek in Bologna, which Alexander Ivanov so admired.

8 paintings and three drawings by Raphael Santi leave Italian museums for the first time and come to Moscow

Unsurprisingly, as the Italian ambassador said, "it was incredibly difficult to persuade museum directors to let this level of work out of their homes." How difficult it was to find a company that would pay for insurance (insurance for each job - in the range from 40 to 100 million euros), history is silent. It is more important that this company was found - without the support of Rosneft, this project would have been absolutely impossible, stressed the director of the Pushkin Museum. A.S. Pushkina Marina Loshak.

The fact that this, in the words of Mr. Cesare Maria Ragaglini, "the most ambitious initiative for last years of those faced by the Italian Embassy "became a reality, not the least role was played by the fact that" Italy in the Pushkin Museum feels at home ", and the fact that Italian art and Raphael had a special influence not only on Russian art, but also on Russian literature and culture.

There were four paintings by Raphael in the Hermitage. In 1931, two of them were sold - and now these canvases adorn the National picture gallery in Washington

Actually, it was precisely the study of this influence that became one of the most important tasks of the exhibition concept. The curator of the exhibition from the Russian side, Victoria Markova, said this, mentioning that the first painting acquired for the Russian collection in 1720 was acquired as a creation by Raphael Santi.

Another question is that the later attribution did not confirm the authorship, but it is obvious that even then the name of Raphael meant a lot to the buyer. And already in the time of Catherine II, the name of Raphael became synonymous with art.

Gavrila Derzhavin, referring to Raphael, begins another ode to Felice: "Raphael is wonderful, unapplied, // Representative of a deity! // You knew how to use a free brush // Incomprehensibility to write ...".

In the 19th century, before the Sistine Madonna, Russian romantics bow their heads after Winckelmann and Goethe, and Dostoevsky will define his heroes by his attitude to the Sistine Madonna.

Italy in the Pushkin Museum feels at home. Photo: Reproduction of painting by Raphael Santi

It should be noted that in the century before last, the subjects of the Russian Empire could see Raphael's Madonnas not only in Dresden. There were four paintings by Raphael in the Hermitage. It was in 1931 that two of them were sold - and now these canvases adorn the National Art Gallery in Washington.

Today the Hermitage houses two masterpieces by the legendary master of the Italian High Renaissance. In the Pushkin Museum. A.S. Pushkin is the work of the brush of Raphael's father - Giovanni Santi and Raphael's student - Giulio Romano. So the audience of the current exhibition can see their work after visiting the Italian exhibition.

This time the visit to the exhibition will be by sessions, tickets can be bought in advance online at a convenient time.

Help "RG"

Ticket prices for visiting permanent exhibition Museum and exhibition "Raphael. Poetry of the image. Works from the Uffizi Galleries and other collections of Italy":

from 11:00 to 13:59: 400 rubles,

preferential - 200 rubles,

from 14:00 until the closing of the museum:

500 rubles, concessionary - 250 rubles.

by the way

Raphael died in Rome in 1520 at the age of 37. Buried in the Pantheon. There is an epitaph on his tomb: "Here rests great Raphael, during whose life nature was afraid to be defeated, and after his death she was afraid to die "(lat. Ille hic est Raffael, timuit quo sospite vinci, rerum magna parens et moriente mori).