“Sometimes what matters most in an artwork
is what was never meant to be seen.”
You’ve seen ‘The School of Athens’ on the walls of the Vatican Museums.
But before it became a fresco, it existed as a drawing — a cartone, where Raphael built the entire composition by hand.
That drawing now lives in the
@pinacotecaambrosiana
For centuries, it was protected by a simple linen cloth.
Not meant to be seen. Just to preserve.
It absorbed time… dust, marks, memory.
A silent witness behind one of the greatest works of the Renaissance.
Now, through
@sidivalfila Sidival Fila, that cloth has been recovered, stitched, and transformed… and returned to the Ambrosiana.
Placed face to face with the very cartone it once covered.
Not as protection anymore,
but as dialogue.
Following my mission of #ForwardinTradition, the evening art conversations unfolded between past and present… between the Renaissance and the condition of contemporary art today.
In conversation with
@andrearurale @valentinaki_art @antonio.mocchetti ,
@viol.ettagasparri ,
@anto.grim
and the artist himself,
@sidivalfila Sidival Fila.
Special thanks to
@anto.grim for inviting me 🥂
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⚜️Collectors interested in works rooted in classical tradition and contemporary dialogue may inquire privately.
#contemporaryart #raphael #artdealer #artadvisory
