Marie Gicquel 10:24 a.m., March 06, 2023

This is the first time that an exhibition has been dedicated to him in France.

The new exhibition at the Jacquemart-André Museum in Paris, in partnership with Europe 1, focuses on the works of Giovanni Bellini and shows how Italy has been nourished by very diverse visual sources.

About fifty paintings, Madonnas and bright colors are to be discovered.

For the first time, an exhibition brings together the works of the artist Giovanni Bellini in Paris.

From now on, the Jacquemart-André Museum offers the opportunity to discover around fifty paintings by the Italian artist.

At breakfast time, it's a bit early to talk about the Bellini cocktail.

"Peach juice and prosecco. It is very important what was done at Harry's Bar in Venice, in 1949", reports Neville Rowley, curator of the exhibition and curator of Italian sculptures and paintings of the 14th and 15th centuries at the Bode -Museum and at the Gemäldegalerie in Berlin.

So let's talk about those Bellini colors, which inspired the cocktail.

This is what catches the eye in this exhibition.

Brilliant colors, from ultramarine blue to vermilion red.

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Meticulous work

“At that time, there was no tube of paint. We did not go to Leroy Merlin to buy his paint. We needed small hands to go and buy the pigments which sometimes come from what is now Afghanistan. Thanks to this very meticulous work, these colors and their transparency remain", adds the curator of the exhibition.

A theme often recurs in Bellini's paintings, that of the Virgin and Child. 

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An exhibition that lasts until July 17

"There are quite a few, but the important thing is that there is never the same one at the time. It is very important to have in Venice, in the conjugal bedroom, a Virgin and Child which will protect current or future children”, concludes Neville Rowley.

In the background of these sacred subjects, symbolic landscapes, castles, villages, plains in which one would like to stroll.

The Giovanni Bellini exhibition is on view at the Jacquemart-André Museum in Paris until July 17.