Programme of the Symposium on the Dutch/ Italian painter Caspar van
Wittel / Gaspare Vanvitelli (1653-1736) combined with visits to private
and public collections of his work.
Day 1, Friday October 26
09.15-09.45 Welcome coffee
09.45-10.00 Opening remarks Chair
10.00-11.30 Morning Session
Dr. Patrizia Piergiovanni (Rome): Caspar van Wittel and his most
important maecenas: the Colonna family
Albert Boersma (Amersfoort): Caspar van Wittel; his teachers in
Amersfoort
11.30-11.45 Coffee break
11.45 Dr Laura Laureati (Rome): Caspar van Wittel and the birth of the
cityscape.
Lunch
14.30 Afternoon Session
Visit to the Van Wittel collection (drawings): Biblioteca Nazionale
Centrale (public but not accessible to the general public).
Word of welcome by Dr. Osvaldo Avallone, Director.
Guide: Dr. Margherita Breccia Fratadocchi, Head of Prints and Drawings.
16.00 Visit to Van Wittel-collection: Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica,
Palazzo Barberini (public).
Guide: Dr. Anna Lo Bianco, director and curator.
Day 2, Saturday October 27
09.15-09.45 Welcome coffee
09.45-10.00 Opening remarks Chair
10.00-11.30 Morning Session
Dr. Sergio Guarino (Rome): Caspar van Wittel and the Sacchetti family.
Dr. Arno Witte (Amsterdam): Caspar van Wittel (drawings) and Cornelis
Meyer (text): their plan to make the river Tiber navigabile.
11.30-11.45 Coffee break
11.45 Dr. Bart van Steenbergen (Amersfoort): Caspar van Wittel and the
introduction of early modernity into Italy.
Lunch
Afternoon Session
14.30 Visit to the Van Wittel-collection in Rome: Museum Capitolino
(public)
Guide: Dr. Sergio Guarini, curator.
16.00 Visit to the Van Wittel-collection in Rome: Palazzo Colonna
(private)
Guide: Dr. Patrizia Piergiovanni, curator.
Organisation:
A joint venture of the Foundation ‘Friends of Caspar van Wittel’
(Amersfoort, Netherlands) and the Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome
(Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut in Rome, KNIR)
Venue:
Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome (KNIR)
Via Omero 10/12
I-00197 Rome
www.knir.it
Organizers:
Dr. Bart van Steenbergen (Foundation ‘Friends of Caspar van Wittel’)
Dr. Arthur Weststeijn (KNIR)
Dr. Marieke van den Doel (KNIR)
Language:
English