The exhibition “The Spanish Ambassador to Italy Alfonso Maria Dastis Quecedo” will be inaugurated on May 19th at the Royal Palace of Naples, in the presence of the Spanish Ambassador to Italy Alfonso Maria Dastis Quecedo.Don Quixote between Naples, Caserta and the Quirinale: cartoons and tapestries” which aims to reconstruct the history of the series of tapestries with stories of Don Quixote made by the Neapolitan factory between 1757 and 1779.
The exhibition, curated by Mario Epifani, director of Palazzo Reale, and Encarnacion Sanchez Garcia, professor of History of Spanish Literature at the University of Naples “L'Orientale”, will follow the story of Miguel de Cervantes through the complete series of cartoons, compared with some of the tapestries now preserved at the Quirinale, and with the most precious illustrated editions present in the National Library of Naples and the score of Paisiello's work from the Conservatory of San Pietro a Majella in Naples.
38 cartoons will be exhibited in the Galleria del Genovese and in Room XXIV of the Appartamento Storico alongside 7 tapestries (5 with episodes from the novel and two decorative), belonging to the series produced by the Neapolitan factory in two stages between 1757 and 1779 to furnish the Royal Palace of Caserta and transferred after 1870 to the Quirinale Palace in Rome.
One of the tapestries, which comes from Capodimonte, is instead evidence of French manufacture.This is the second exhibition of my mandate. – declares the director Epifani – which follows the common thread of European literature, after the one that has just concluded on Dante's Divine Comedy, on the occasion of the 700th anniversary of the death of the Supreme Poet.
The historical bond between Naples and especially the Royal Palace with Spain is highlighted in this exhibition that pays homage to one of the greatest masterpieces of world literature that has inspired various forms of art – from painting to theatre, from dance to cinema – up to today.".
Article published on May 14, 2022 - 15:17 pm
