Gosia Fort writes:

The Gem�ldegalerie Berlin and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York have undertaken a landmark project tracing the development of the Italian portrait in the fifteenth century.

In Berlin the event takes place in autumn 2011 in the beautifully restored Bode-Museum, it is subsequently on view at the Metropolitan Museum. The show is placed under the auspices of the Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany.

Exploring the rise and the development of the individual portrait thus means dealing with a complex story, the character of which changes depending on where one is and when. The show will focus on the complex history of the portrait in Florence from Donatello and Masaccio down to Verrocchio and Botticelli; it will study portraiture at the courts of northern Italy, from Pisanello to Mantegna and Francesco Laurana as well as the development of portraiture in Venice from Giambono to Antonello da Messina, Bellini and the Lombardi.

To read the complete article, see:Faces � Masterpieces of Italian Portraiture(www.coinsweekly.com/en/Faces--Masterpieces-of-Italian-Portraiture/4?&id=745)

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:RENAISSANCE EXHIBIT INCLUDING MEDALS HEADED FOR NEW YORK(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v14n38a22.html)