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Italia antiqua, 2014-15

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Archive number

GPC-1451

Technique

Collage on black paper

Dimensions

35 x 50 cm

Inscriptions by the artist

Titled, signed, and dated on the verso, centre: “ “Italia antiqua” / Giulio Paolini / 2014-15”

Collection

Collection of the artist

Sources

• Figure: Antonio Canova, funeral Genius from the Sepolcro di Clemente XIII, 1787-92, marble, 820 x 630 x 254 cm, Basilica di San Pietro, Rome; reproduction from L’opera completa di Canova. Classici dell’Arte 213 (Milan: Rizzoli, 1976), plate XI.
• Background image: Circus Flaminius E Veterum Monumentis In Lucem Eductus, engraving, 42.4 x 54 cm, in Theatrum Civitatum at Admirandorum Italiæ (Amsterdam: Ioannis Blaeu, 1663).

Exhibitions

2016	Paris, Galerie Italienne, Metamorphosis, 13 October - 25 November.

Artist’ writings

•	G. Paolini in Giulio Paolini. Expositio, exhibition catalogue, Milan, Museo Poldi Pezzoli (Cinisello Balsamo: Silvana Editoriale, 2016), p. 60 (general commentary on the series Italia antiqua).

Entry by Maddalena Disch, 04/08/2026