The exhibition occupying the Napoleonic rooms of Palazzo Te is a meeting of giants featuring Titian and Gerhard Richter. Il Cielo sulla Terra (Heaven on Earth) features two masterpieces by Titian – the S. Rocco Annunciation and another kept in the National Museum of Capodimonte. These are interspersed with a trail of 17 works that Richter designed at the museum’s invitation.

The great German artist fell in love with the Venetian Annunciation in 1972 when he visited Scuola Grande di San Rocco. He decided to make a copy of the painting to unpick its secrets and since then Titian’s work has always been a source of inspiration.

The exhibition invites you to be enthralled by the mystery of vision. You can also explore two external itineraries: a route through the city to see the Annunciations in various churches and a collection of Annunciations on show at the Francesco Gonzaga Diocesan Museum.

Mantua | Until 6 January 2019

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