COLNAGHI, Power Figures, a joint exhibition

Important African and Native American pieces selected by Carlo Bella are now on display alogside Colnaghi's offering of European masterpieces ranging from pre-Roman antiquity to the Baroque, creating a unique setting for cross-cultural dialogue on the role of art objects as loci for the fashioning and preservation of cultural identities. Among the twenty significant African and Native American works presented by Carlo Bella is a monumental fetish figure from the Songye culture, formerly in the collection of esteemed New York art dealer Allan Stone. From Colnaghi’s presentation, a major highlight is the first-ever showing in the Americas of the life-sized, full-length Portrait of a Noblewoman by Giovanni Battista Caracciolo (1578–1635), the most important of the Neapolitan Caravaggisti. This striking canvas is the only known full-length portrait attributed to Caracciolo; its showing in New York represents a landmark moment in the artist’s exhibition history. The OVR of the works on show is now available to view.