Dal 19 febbraio al 17 maggio arriva da Vicenza il nuovo capolavoro che ci accompagnerà per il tempo di Quaresima e di Pasqua. Una tavola di smagliante bellezza, realizzata attorno al 1470 da uno dei maestri della pittura fiamminga. In dialogo con i lavori di artisti contemporanei. _______________________________________ Segui ChiesadiMilano su: https://www.chiesadimilano.it/
The Diocesan Museum will host a masterpiece by Flemish painter Hans Memling, a stunning Crucifixion, from February 19 to May 17. The exhibition features a dialogue between this historical work and four contemporary artists, complemented by a series of conferences, workshops, and guided tours designed for families and parishes.
We are all eagerly awaiting the chance to admire the new masterpiece arriving at the Diocesan Museum.
for the time of Lent and Easter, which will therefore accompany us from February 19 until
On May 17.
It is a beautiful, extraordinary crucifixion by the Flemish painter Hans Memling.
A beautiful, dazzling masterpiece, rich in colors and also profound in meaning.
This work, as usual, will be accompanied by a whole series of collateral events,
lectures, meetings, workshops also for families, guided tours, especially for
parishes and youth centers, but in any case for everyone, and as in the previous editions, it will also be
I have placed this masterpiece by Memling within a dialogue with contemporary artists.
In fact, Casa Testori has invited four contemporary artists today precisely to engage in dialogue,
React to Memling's masterpiece.
Memling, who had his workshop in Bruges, renowned far and wide, was truly extremely famous; he lived through a period
of absolute celebrity.
We should remember, however, that he was not of Flemish origin, as he was born near Frankfurt.
and then he moves to Flanders, probably a pupil of Van der Weyden, the greatest
Flemish painter of the mid-15th century, and then begins his entire career in Bruges,
having clients among the wealthy merchants of the city, as well as many ecclesiastical institutions.
This crucifixion, in fact, was commissioned to Memling, most likely by the abbey.
The Dunes, that's what it was called, in Flanders, Cistercian, and it's only the central part
It is a triptych. The two side panels have been dismantled and are now in New York.
This one, instead, which arrives in Milan, comes from the Civic Museums of Vicenza, which have lent it.
A masterpiece, as can be seen in all its details, in every particular. That
What strikes most is that alongside the beauty of this painting, of this panel, one notices
precisely a complete serenity, a peace, an harmony, and one can't help but think that that
which is depicted is a crucifixion, a terrible moment. A man, son of
God Jesus, is crucified, yet there is no blood, no violence, no
There is fear, certainly there is Mary's pain, the mother's pain, absolutely. All of this not
It is estrangement, not indifference, a Nordic coldness, we might say. It is precisely
the deep style of Memling, of this Flemish painting, which in some way seems to invite you
and go beyond the most superficial emotions, to internalize, to meditate precisely within
deep into this extraordinary, exceptional mystery of the God who became man and who dies in
Cross, the sacrifice of Christ. It is precisely this beauty that saves.
