September 13, 2013–January 6, 2014

Visiting Masterpiece: Piero della Francesca’s Senigallia Madonna

An Italian Treasure, Stolen and Recovered

Another visiting masterpiece has arrived as part of the 2013 Year of Italian Culture. Piero della Francesca’s 15th-century tempera and oil on panel, the Senigallia Madonna (1470s) is normally on view in the Galleria Nazionale delle Marche, in the Ducal Palace of Urbino. This exceptional work by one of the masters of the Renaissance was one of three stolen paintings recovered in 1975 by Italy’s famed Carabinieri Cultural Heritage Protection Command (CCHPC), specializing in protection of Italy’s cultural heritage on a national and international level. Don’t miss this magnificent loan by a fascinating artist.

Above: Piero della Francesca, Senigallia Madonna, about 1474. Oil and tempera on panel. Galleria Nazionale delle Marche / Soprintendenza per i Beni Storici, Artistici ed Etnoantropologici delle Marche / Ministero per I Beni e le Attività Culturali. 

  • Lee Gallery (Gallery 154)

Sponsors

Supporting sponsorship from Friends of the Italian Cultural Center of Boston.

Presented with support from the Cordover Exhibition Fund and the MFA Associates/MFA Senior Associates Exhibition Endowment Fund.

Lent by the Galleria Nazionale delle Marche/Soprintendenza per i Beni Storici, Artistici ed Etnoantropologici delle Marche/Ministero dei beni e delle attività culturali e del turismo.
In cooperation with the Comando Carabinieri per la Tutela del Patrimonio Culturale.
Presented under the auspices of the President of the Italian Republic’s “2013, Year of Italian Culture in the United States,” designed to enhance the close bonds between Italy and the United States.