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Italia antiqua, 2014-15

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Archive number

GPC-1455

Technique

Collage on black paper applied to white paper

Dimensions

50 x 70 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

• Colleoni Armor, 1600-1610, Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan.
• Borromeo Helmet, Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan.
• Gonzaga Helmet, Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan.
• Armet, Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan.
• Borgognotta [a type of helmet with a brim, eaves, and hinged ears that leaves the face uncovered], Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan.
• Capeline Helmet, Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan.
• 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	Milan, Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Expositio. Giulio Paolini per il Poldi Pezzoli, 6 May - 5 September, col. repr. p. [59].

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