Buccellati Jewelry Treasures

In the Halls of Arts of the Reggia di Venaria, near Turin, the exhibition “The art of beauty. The art of beauty” opens on March 21st. The jewels of Gianmaria Buccellati", with over 90 precious specimens, many of them unpublished, created by the genius of the artist born in Milan in 1929. The exhibition, curated by Chiara Tinonin with Gianmaria and Rosie Buccellati, is the result of the collaboration between the “La Venaria Reale Consortium”, the “Gianmaria Buccellati Foundation” and the “Foundation of Studies of the Goldsmith's Art and its Protagonists”, with the coordination of the Swiss Luxury Culture Management.

The itinerary is made up of three sections: the first retraces Gianmaria's childhood journey in Milan between the two world wars, which sees the affirmation of his father Mario as the first Italian jeweler sensitive to the recovery of ancient Renaissance goldsmith techniques, close to Milanese high society and the cultural circles of La Scala, as well as a great friend of Gabriele D'Annunzio. With the contribution of the art historian Paola Goretti, the entire series of plaques that the Pope commissioned to commemorate his exploits and the mottos he had coined to celebrate some of his most famous actions is on display for the first time.

The second section, "An Italian in the world", retraces the most significant stages of Gianmaria's career after having inherited the legacy of his father, who passed away in 1965, with the opening of shops in the East and in Paris and the celebrations of his success in world.

The itinerary ideally ends with the "unique" objects by Gianmaria Buccellati, including the Boscoreale Cups, inspired by the Boscoreale Treasure found in 1895 in the Roman villa of Pisanella, and the Precious Objects, cups that recall Florentine Renaissance goldsmithing. In the photo: Mario Buccellati, 1929. Tiara designed for a Savoy princess.