Mary Kisler
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Mary Kisler is the senior curator, Mackelvie Collection, International Art, at the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki. Along with Dr Ludovica Sebregond, she has curated a new exhibition at the gallery called The Corsini Collection. Opening on September 2, the works are drawn from the extensive private art collection of the eminent Corsini family in Florence, Italy, and include Renaissance and Baroque painting by artists such as Botticelli, Caravaggio, Andrea del Sarto and Pontormo. It is the first time this collection has toured outside Italy and the first time a Florentine private collection will be displayed in New Zealand.
Florentine painter after Francesco Rosselli (Italian), "The Execution of Savonarola and Two Companions at Piazza della Signoria" 16th century, oil on canvas, Florence, Galleria Corsini
Pietro Benvenuti, "Portrait of Tommaso Corsini" 1812, oil on canvas, Florence, private collection
Pietro Benvenuti, "Portrait of Antonietta Corsini von Waldstetten" 1812. oil on canvas, Florence, private collection
Sandro Botticelli and workshop, "Madonna and Child with Six Angels" circa 1500, tempera and oil on board, Florence, private collection
Anthony van Dyck, "Prometheus and the Eagle" early 17th century, oil on canvas, Florence, Galleria Corsini
Michelangelo Merisi (Caravaggio), "Portrait of Maffeo Barberini" circa 1597, oil on canvas, Florence, private collection
Highlights from the Corsini collection
