Cimabue exhibition, Renaissance of the origins of Italian painting at the Louvre Museum

At the Louvre, History is written under the brush of a genius. The great Cimabue, tutelary figure of Italian painting of whom we only know about fifteen works at most, guides us through the pious Tuscany from the 13th century^e century.

Flamboyant dive into the effervescence of the thirteenth centurythis exhibition reveals true masterpieces including two national treasures: on the one hand the glorious Majestya sumptuous Virgin and Child admired by Pierre Soulages and considered “the birth certificate of Western painting”; on the other the priceless Christ mockedone of the most expensive primitive paintings in the world.

Theater of an aesthetic revolution, the Louvre reveals to us in a ballet of paintings on wood the chromatic subtleties, the audacity of the linethe discreet movement inspired by its icons from another age. At the crossroads of worlds and eras, the exhibition establishes a dialogue between the prodigious work of Cimabue and that of his spiritual heir, Giotto. With his Saint Francis of Assisi receiving the stigmatathe student surpasses the master, Giotto extending and transcending the legacy of Cimabue, drawing under his attentive gaze the beginnings of the Renaissance.

LOUVRE MUSEUM
From January 22 to May 12, 2025
Rue de Rivoli, 75001 – M° Palais-Royal – Louvre Museum (1/7)
Wed. to Mon. 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Fri. until 9:45 p.m., closed Tuesday
Price: €22 – Free under 26 years old