Paolo Borroni's work at the Rivalta Castle suggests the idea of ​​the exhibition "Around Goya in Italy. Paolo Borroni and the others. The years of change ". The Vogherese won a competition in 1771, organized by the Parma Academy, in which he ranked first before Francisco Goya.

The exhibition itinerary aims to reconstruct, within the spaces frescoed by Borroni himself, the cultural and figurative climate to which the young Goya drew during the years of his Italian stay. The artistic path carried out by Borroni, first in Milan and then in Parma, up to the four-year pensioner in Rome, from 1772, represents in a certain sense a similar training process carried out backward compared to the great Spaniard then still misunderstood and unknown.

It is intended to provide a cross-section of the cultural and figurative context of the time, combining the presentation of some previously unpublished works by Milanese authors and young contemporary talents to them from the most varied geographical areas who, with them, had to learn and dialogue. The works on display intend to underline the enormous value of the artistic suggestions experienced in our country by the great Iberian talent, acquired and become personal in its free interpretation: by the great leaders such as Giaquinto, Tiepolo, and Mengs, also known in Madrid for the great pictorial cycles in the royal palace, Batoni, Piranesi or Kuntze, just to indicate some of those who were approached by him in the Roman environment.

The exhibition is intended as a place for research, addressing a topic mostly neglected by studies such as that of their youth training. In addition to the examples of well-known artists, there are works of an uncertain author or anonymous, however inherent to the context, with the aim of reconstructing the dynamics of the relationship, to submit direct comparisons to specialists and stimulate new studies.

Tickets:

Full Visit: € 15

Reduced visit: € 12

Free:

· Children up to 5 years

· Journalists with an accreditation request at least one day before the visit, at the address: info@castellodirivalta.it

Visits to the exhibition are by appointment, for more information visit the Castello di Rivalta website