Palazzo Coen Vault Hosts Penocchio Watercolors Inspired by Dante
In the vault of Palazzo Coen, in Salò, the exhibition of watercolors by Adolfo Penocchio, related to the Divine Comedy, has been inaugurated. “The 150 works,” said Mayor Giampiero Cipani, “traverse, verse after verse, the work of Dante Alighieri, our supreme poet. A visual and intellectual review, almost a rediscovery of what lay within our memory, on a universal masterpiece of literature of all times.”
In 1989 Penocchio completed, on the reverse wall of Villa’s church, the Madonna of the Rosary. It was the sensitivity of the parish priest don Dino Bressanelli that invited this artist, originally from Ghedi but residing for years in Polpenazze, who had already expressed themes of the sacred and modernity, through large-size frescoes and oils. For our land, therefore, an early work that made him known and appreciated.
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In 2000, a new cultural proposal: the publication of a valuable volume, edited by Intergreen of Andrea Calubini, titled “The Divine Scene in the Watercolors of Adolfo Penocchio,” curated by Egidio Bonomi. With the patronage of the Ateneo, led by Vittorio Pirlo, Salò now presents the original works that formed the basis of the cited text. The opening speech was given by former senator Fabiano De Zan.
The exhibition will remain open until May 6. Hours: from 3:30 PM to 6:30 PM (on holidays, also from 10 AM to 12 PM). In the vault of Palazzo Coen, which has already hosted the cycling exhibition and the one dedicated to the Civic Drawing Collection, there will be space for exhibitions formerly held in the room of the Proveditori of the Municipal Palace.
