The Palazzo dei Diamanti in Ferrara, Italy presents an exhibition of the Paris works of Giovanni Boldini. This great innovator in the art of portraiture was born 1842 in Ferrara and died in 1931 in Paris. The exhibition opened in the Palazzo dei Diamanti on September 20, 2009.

The works on display were gathered together from well-known collections in Europe and the U.S. They illustrate the variety of subject matter and techniques Boldini used. Unlike many retrospectives of the artist’s work, the Ferrara exhibition focuses on Boldini’s formative earlier years of experimentation in Paris from 1871 to 1886.

Thank to tonwelt’s audio tour, visitors to the exhibition can now hear, in Italian and English, detailed information on the history and background of the paintings for additional insight into the Paris years that were so important to Boldini’s development as an artist.

G. Boldini – Giuseppe Verdi¹

G. Boldini – Lettera Mattutina²

¹ G. Boldini – Giuseppe Verdi, Palazzo dei Diamanti, Ferrara

² G. Boldini – Lettera Mattutina, Palazzo dei Diamanti, Ferrara