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Scholar Talk | Professor Cristina Acidini from the Fondazione Roberto Longhi
Scholar Talk | Professor Cristina Acidini from the Fondazione Roberto Longhi
Join us opening weekend of In Caravaggio’s Light | Baroque Masterpieces from the Fondazione Roberto Longhi for an illuminating lecture presented by Professor Cristina Acidini from the distinguished institution behind this exhibition. This rare opportunity offers audiences an insider’s view into the origins, scholarship, and cultural significance of the extraordinary works on display, including Caravaggio’s Boy Bitten by a Lizard.
This lecture will delve into the legacy of Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, the revolutionary techniques and emotional realism that defined the Baroque style, and the vision of Roberto Longhi, the 20th-century art historian and collector whose groundbreaking research helped reestablish Caravaggio’s place in the art historical canon.
Scholar Talk | Professor Cristina Acidini from the Fondazione Roberto Longhi
Saturday, October 25, 2025
11:00 AM–12:00 PM
Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg
255 Beach Drive NE, St. Petersburg FL 33701
Free with cost of admission
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ABOUT CRISTINA ACIDINI
Cristina Acidini is an Italian art historian and author from Florence. She has held senior leadership roles in Italy’s cultural-heritage administration—serving as deputy superintendent of Florence’s Museum and Artistic Heritage State Board (1991–99), directing the Opificio delle Pietre Dure (2000–08), and later presiding over the Accademia delle Arti del Disegno. A specialist in Renaissance art, she has published widely and is a Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic and a Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
Images:
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, known as Caravaggio, Boy Bitten by a Lizard (detail), c. 1597, Oil on canvas, Fondazione di Studi di Storia dell’Arte Roberto Longhi, Florence, Italy
Organized by Fondazione di Studi di Storia dell’Arte Roberto Longhi and Civita Mostre e Musei.
