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LOVE AND MARRIAGE IN RENAISSANCE FLORENCE:
The Courtauld Wedding Chests
12 February - 17 May 2009

 

LOVE AND MARRIAGE IN RENAISSANCE FLORENCE:
The Courtauld Wedding Chests
An introduction to the exhibition with curator Caroline Campbell.

  Art and Marriage in Renaissance Florence
A marriage in 15th century Florence was not primarily about love, but a business arrangement between powerful families. Wedding chests were the key art works commissioned for these occasions.
  The Courtauld's Morelli-Nerli Chests
 The only surviving pair of marriage chests to survive with their accompanying painted backboards and to be fully documented..
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