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Antonio Goldsmith from Sammarino
The exhibition presents, through an important selection of original, religious silverware archival documents of 1500 and an innovative multimedia exhibition, the figure of Antonio da Sammarino, goldsmith born in the Republic of San Marino around 1458 in Rome, and became "the first and finest goldsmith of the city "as witnessed by Benvenuto Cellini in his memoirs. An opportunity to learn about the artist and the man, the highlights of his public and private life, including important commissions and privileged relations with the power, including relations with the most influential people of his time and friendship ties artists such as Raphael Sanzio level. A protagonist and witness of his time, of the Renaissance culture that had in Urbino Dukes of Montefeltro and especially in the Rome of Julius II, Leo X and Agostino Chigi, one if not the main intellectual laboratory of Christian Europe, as creator and interpreter transformation of taste and beauty that make it one of the most enlightened and capable figures of his time.
At the State Museum, City of San Marino, within walking distance from our hotel!
At the State Museum, City of San Marino, within walking distance from our hotel!