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SARAJEVO, May 11 (FENA) - The exhibition Venetian vedute from the Intesa Sanpaolo Art Collection had its gala opening last night at the City Hall of Sarajevo.
The paintings of Canaletto, Guardi, Marieschi and van Lint arrived from the Gallerie d'Italia - Palazzo Leoni Montanari, one of the most beautiful baroque palaces in Vicenza.
These four artworks will be exhibited until 03.06.2018 at the City Hall of Sarajevo to dedicate masters of this genre to the Bosnia and Herzegovina audience.
The Intesa Sanpaolo collection of Venetian baroque paintings also keeps the masterworks of Tiepolo, Pietro Longhi and other great names of the time, as well as fascinating collections of vases from ancient Greece and Russian icons.
These collections and the baroque Leoni Montanari palace in Vicenza itself are part of a large cultural project of Intesa Sanpaolo called Progetto Cultura, within which there are the Gallerie d’Italia at Piazza Scala in Milan presenting the nineteenth- and twentieth-century Italian artists, Palazzo Zevallos Stigliano in Naples, where the last Caravaggio’s masterpiece The Martyrdom of St. Ursula is exhibited, as well as the artworks from the South of Italy created between seventeenth and twentieth centuries.
Mr. Almir Krkalić, CEO of Intesa Sanpaolo Banka BiH, opened the exhibition while the greeting speech was held by Gian Maria Gros-Pietro, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Intesa Sanpaolo, Nicola Minasi, Ambassador of Italy to BiH and Esad Tanović Director of JP Sarajevo.
Gian Maria Gros-Pietro, on the occasion of his first visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina and of the opening of the exhibition, said that he was particularly glad to bring these four artworks, which are part of the Intesa Sanpaolo’s art collections, to the City Hall of Sarajevo from Palazzo Leoni Montanari in Vicenza.
He stressed that Intesa Sanpaolo operated in countries rich of culture and heritage and believes that cultural activities are a way to foster friendship across communities; investing in culture encourages social progress and supports economic growth,” Intesa Sanpaolo Banka BiH stated.
(FENA)
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