Carlo Orsi Gallery wishes you all a joyful Christmas holiday.
The gallery will be closed from 22 December to 7 January.
Season's Greetings
LA GAZETTE DROUOT: Carlo Orsi, l'antiquaire détective
by Olivier Tosseri
IL GIORNALE DELL'ARTE: Carlo Orsi Un figlio d’arte che ha dovuto reinventarsi, per stare al passo coi tempi
by Antonio Pepe.
Masterpieces by Canova
Read the press review of the gallery exhibition "Masterpieces by Canova. A tribute on the bicentenary of his death", curated by Fernando Mazzocca, 1-22 December 2022.
7 CORRIERE: The Challenge of Art
Antiquarian both by descent and passion, international art dealer, Carlo Orsi tells us how the ways of approaching collectors have changed.
IL GIORNALE: Art & the art market in the era of lockdown
An interview with Carlo Orsi by Mimmo di Marzio
IL SOLE 24 ORE: The Italian art market needs to adapt to the rest of Europe
In conversation, Carlo Orsi, the best dealer of old masters in the world, tells of his discoveries and the distortions of the art market. He took Botticelli to Frieze Masters in London and he is now offering a Bernini for sale for 10 million euros.
by Stefano Salis
LE JOURNAL DES ARTS: Carlo Orsi, Antiquaire à Milan «La participation à de grands événements est indispensable»
Specialising in especially Italian Old Masters, Carlo Orsi, who will exhibit in the next Biennale dell’Antiquariato in Florence, comments on the evolution of the art market in both Italy and the rest of the world.
FINDART.CC: Important renaissance discovery at Carlo Orsi-Trinity Fine Art
A large, newly-discovered and unpublished early work by the influential Antwerp painter, draftsman and etcher Frans Floris de Vriendt (called Floris, 1519/20-1570), more renowned in his day than Bruegel the Elder, will be unveiled at TEFAF Maastricht 2019 by Carlo Orsi-Trinity Fine Art.
This important painting depicting Susanna and the Elders will form the centrepiece of the gallery’s stand. The work was completed shortly after Floris’s return from a long visit to Italy, and it testifies to his interest in combining the lessons of his Italian travels with a traditionally Netherlandish approach to oil paint.
LE QUOTIDIEN DE L'ART: À TEFAF New York, l'art ancien montre ses muscles
LA GAZETTE DROUOT: Le Tefaf Maastricht maintient son rang
Good news from TEFAF Maastricht 2018 that, despite a slight decrease in public attendance, it continues to attract the cream of collectors.
THE BURLINGTON MAGAZINE: The Return of the Prodigal Son
To coincide with the exhibition The Last Caravaggio at the Gallerie d'Italia, Milan, Hugh Brigstocke describes the relevance of Giulio Cesare Procaccini's mature style and the extraordinary emotional tension reached in his Return of the Prodigal Son, with his ability to maintain his own individuality in the new era shaped by Caravaggio’s teachings.
GIORNALE DEL POPOLO: La Pasqua di Procaccini
In the "Giornale del Popolo" Davide Dall'Ombra relates the story of the return of the prodigal son, chosing to illustrate it with the majestic and intense painting by Giulio Cesare Procaccini.
THE ART NEWSPAPER DAILY: Tefaf Maastricht 2018 sneak preview
Among the paintings on show at the upcoming edition of Tefaf Maastricht 2018, Carole Blumenfeld includes in her sneak preview the recently rediscovered portrait of the Spanish ambassador Azara, painted by Anton Raphael Mengs.
FINESTRE SULL'ARTE: "Allegory of patience" by Carlo Dolci awarded one of the best artworks on show at the Florentine Biennale 2017
Named among the three best works on show at this Biennale edition was the ravishing painting by Carlo Dolci exhibited on our stand.
CORRIERE DELLA SERA: Biennale dell'Antiquariato of Florence 2017 "the authentic showcase of Italian taste"
On 22 September starts the thirtieth edition of the renowned Florentine fair with three thousand works on show, eighty boots and lots of news.
LA TRIBUNE DE L'ART: The Bagpipe player by Pietro Paolini found its place at Musèe Fesch in Ajaccio
Thanks to the donation by Carlo Orsi this painting is now part of the museum collection, adorning one of the gallery's walls dedicated to caravagesque paintings.
ANTIQUARIATO: "E ora riparto da Londra"
Embracing the challenges created by the new global art market Carlo Orsi takes over the renowned London gallery Trinity Fine Art, and moves it to new premises.
GENTLEMEN'S QUARTELY: It's a matter of style...
Carlo Orsi is among the "Best Dressed Men 2016" for Gentlemen's Quartely
HOW TO SPEND IT: Carlo Orsi interview
The perfect week-end in Milan
VERNISSAGE: Collecting old masters nowadays
Carlo Orsi, President of the Associazione Antiquari d'Italia, talks about the current economical situation in the art field, affected by the growth in contemporary art, the spread of new markets and the problems connected to disadvantageous regulamentations.
Season's Greetings
Carlo Orsi Gallery wishes you all a joyful Christmas holiday.
The gallery will be closed from 22 December to 7 January.
Panorama Pozzuoli
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Panorama Pozzuoli
10 – 14 September 2025
a city-wide exhibition curated by Chiara Parisi
From 10 to 14 September 2025 the city of Pozzuoli will host over 40 artists for the fifth edition of Panorama, the city-wide exhibition conceived by ITALICS that every year takes root in a unique territory.
Curated by Chiara Parisi, director of the Centre Pompidou-Metz, after Procida, Monopoli, L’Aquila and Monferrato, the project arrives in the city in Campania within the Campi Flegrei, in an area where art, myth and landscape have always formed an indivisible whole.
Season's Greetings
Carlo Orsi Gallery wishes you the very best for a joyful Holiday Season and a happy New Year!
The gallery will be closed from the 22th December to the 9th January.
Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Bust of Urban VIII on loan from Principe Corsini
Sala Sacchi, Palazzo Barberini, Gallerie Nazionali di Arte Antica in Rome
from October 6, 2022, to July 30, 2023
On view from Thursday, October 6, 2022, the National Galleries of Ancient Art will host the bronze bust of Urban VIII executed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini in 1658. The work, on loan from Principe Corsini until July 30, 2023, to allow its close comparison with the marble version of the Portrait of Urban VIII (dated c. 1655), is on display in the Sacchi Room of Palazzo Barberini, which was newly installed in October 2021 and dedicated to the members of the Barberini family, with painted and sculpted portraits of Urban VIII and his nephews by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Giuliano Finelli, Carlo Maratti and Lorenzo Ottoni. For the first time in history, visitors will be able to admire, side by side, both the bronze bust and the marble version of the Portrait of Urban VIII, preserved in Palazzo Barberini, which constitutes its prototype.
Panorama Monopoli
Save the date!
Panorama Monopoli
1 – 4 September 2022
a city-wide exhibition curated by Vincenzo de Bellis
ITALICS presents the new edition of Panorama, a city-wide exhibition in Monopoli (Bari) from Thursday 1 to Sunday 4 September 2022, curated by Vincenzo de Bellis, Curator and Associate Director of Programs, Visual Arts at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis.
Season's Greetings
Carlo Orsi Gallery wishes you the very best for a joyful Holiday Season and a happy New Year!
The gallery will be closed from the 24th December to the 9th January.
Thank you for visiting us!
If you have not been able to visit the exhibition "A Caccia di Farfalle” or if you want to further explore the works, you can listen to Marco Carminati who conducts a guided tour of them in our videos!
- Gandini Del Grano
- Lorenzo Di Credi
- Pompeo Batoni
- Bartolomeo Vivarini
Napoleone e Milano. Tra realtà e mito
Galleria Carlo Orsi is proud to present the exhibition "NAPOLEON AND MILAN. BETWEEN REALITY AND MYTH, The image of Napoleon from Liberator to Emperor" which will be held at the gallery from 28th May to 25th June.
Despite this period of uncertainty and difficulty, we are happy to be able to celebrate the bicentennial of the death of Napoleon Bonaparte through this exhibition, which brings together a collection of works that celebrate and explore the image of the French general and his very important links with the city of Milan.
See you soon in the gallery!
Season's Greetings and Best Wishes
Carlo Orsi gallery wishes all our friends, colleagues and clients a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
The gallery will be closed from the 21st December to the 6th January.
ITALICS Art and Landscape
ITALICS Art and Landscape is an all-digital editorial platform that spotlights the profound cultural experiences cultivated on the Italian territory by its most celebrated gallerists, exploring the extraordinary art heritage of the country. Through insightful storytelling and eye-catching photography, readers will be offered a sense of discovery and unrivalled access to explore Italy.
Carlo Orsi gallery is thrilled to be part of this innovative consortium, made up of over sixty galleries with a strong Italian presence.
For further information visit: Italics, Art and Landscape
Summer Break
Galleria Orsi is ready to drop anchor for the summer and we want to wish you happy holidays.
The gallery will be closed from July 27th to September 7th.
For any urgent request, please write to:
info@galleriaorsi.com or call us on +39 3382653412.
See you in September!
Florence International Biennial Antiques Fair: Carlo Orsi will exhibit important works by Bernini, Beccafumi and Moroni
The Florence International Biennial Antiques Fair will take place from the 21st to the 29th of September in the wonderful setting of Palazzo Corsini.
Carlo Orsi with his Milanese gallery will exhibit, among other works, a "Bust of Urban VIII Barberini" by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, a “Portrait of a Gentleman” by Giovan Battista Moroni and a "Holy Family with the Young St. John the Baptist" by Domenico Beccafumi.
Pelagio Palagi and Francesco Hayez on show at AMART 2019
AMART, the International Art Fair promoted by the Milanese art dealers, is coming.
Carlo Orsi Gallery will be exhibiting a ravishing lunette by Pelagio Palagi (1775-1860), which is an important addition to the catalogue of his work.
The painting bearing the title of Virtue Caressing Merit and Hounding Out Ignorance in the Presence of Scholarship is clearly associated with the fresco of the same subject Palagi painted in Palazzo Torlonia in Rome between 1813 and 1814 as part of the celebrated cycle illustrating the Story of Theseus (destroyed when the Palazzo was demolished to extend Palazzo Venezia (in 1901-2). The Allegory of Scholarship, personified by the elderly male figure seated on the right, was painted by a young Francesco Hayez, Palagi's pupil.
8-12 May 2019
Museo della Permanente, Milan
One of the great sculptors of the Roman Baroque on show at Tefaf Maastricht 2019
A glorious terracotta Head of an Angel by Antonio Giorgetti (documented in Rome from 1657-1669), will be exhibited at Tefaf Maaastricht forthcoming edition.
It is taken from his Angel with the Sponge commissioned for Ponte Sant’Angelo (1668-69), a project overseen by Bernini for Pope Clement IX.
Andrea Bacchi's studies show that this sculpture is not a preparatory model but an object in its own right, made for the collectors’ market: during the latter years of the 17th century, there was a marked increase in the desire to collect terracottas, especially those by Algardi, from which the present head takes inspiration.
TEFAF New York Fall 2018 is coming...
Few days left to the third edition of Tefaf New York at Park Avenue Armory.
Together with Trinity Fine Art, Carlo Orsi gallery will unveil exceptional examples of Italian Baroque sculpture. They will be presented parcour-style, to be viewed in succession, the better to appreciate particular Baroque stylistic themes. Complementing them will be an exciting variety of rare and fresh-to-market paintings, including an important work by the 16th century Mannerist, Il Salviati.
The last Piamontini on show at TEFAF Maastricht 2017
Of great interest to connoisseurs of sculpture will be the signed Milo of Croton, dated 1740, the last documented marble by Giuseppe Piamontini (1664-1742), one of the most important late Baroque Florentine sculptors who worked in both marble and bronze. Based on a model for a bronze statuette known in three casts, one of which is in the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, it depicts the celebrated 6th century BC wrestler who came from the Greek city of Croton in southern Italy.
