By Victor Hundsbuckler, curator of the exhibition.
Thursday, November 13, at 12:30 p.m. in the Louvre auditorium. 

At the heart of the Palazzo Farnese, home to the French Embassy in Italy, a decorative scheme has been considered one of the greatest masterpieces of Western painting since its completion in the early 1600s: the gallery painted by Annibale Carracci (1560-1609), his brother Agostino (1557-1602), and their pupils. Famous for its frescoes, it is equally renowned for its preparatory drawings, which have garnered just as much admiration. 

The Louvre Museum has reconstructed the Farnese Gallery and presented it as it has never been shown before: like a puzzle, using the largest collection of preparatory drawings assembled to date. Through an immersive scenography, the exhibition also reveals the Camerino, the small room entrusted to Annibale Carracci as a trial run upon his arrival at the Palazzo Farnese. 

This exhibition is supported by GRoW @ Annenberg, the Louvre Patrons' Circle and the Tavolozza Foundation.

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