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The exhibition at Villa La Quiete focuses on three important Renaissance sculptures, which had never been exposed to the public before. On this occasion, the works were carefully restored, continuing on the path of the previous restauration of the Villa’s artistic heritage at the hands of the University of Florence; the new restoration was supported by the Terna group, whose liberal donation helped restore one of the works on display, namely the beautiful in stucco Madonna with Child from Lorenzo Ghiberti’s workshop. This work comes with a rare terracotta piece of a Madonna with Child, by one of Donatello’s followers, and a Christ, the Saviour, in painted terracotta as well, made by the artist Agnolo di Polo, who trained in Andrea Verrocchio’s workshop. The three sculptures are a part of the oldest core of the Villa's collections, and represent a relevant example of the refined production of the multifaceted workshops of the Renaissance in Florence.
La mostra a Villa La Quiete è incentrata su tre importanti sculture rinascimentali, mai esposte al pubblico. L’accurato restauro delle opere, eseguito in questa occasione, si pone nel solco del recupero del patrimonio artistico della villa intrapreso dall’Ateneo fiorentino, affiancato, in questo caso, dal gruppo Terna che ha contribuito, con un’elargizione liberale, al restauro di una delle opere in mostra: si tratta della bellissima Madonna con Bambino in stucco riferita alla bottega di Lorenzo Ghiberti. A questa si affiancano una rara terracotta raffigurante una Madonna con Bambino, di un seguace di Donatello, e un Cristo Salvatore, sempre in terracotta dipinta, realizzato dall’artista Agnolo di Polo, formatosi nella bottega di Andrea Verrocchio. Le tre sculture, parte del nucleo più antico delle collezioni della villa, sono un esempio rilevante della raffinata produzione delle poliedriche botteghe fiorentine del Rinascimento.
It is available online at https://doi.org/10.36253/978-88-6453-861-7