Giovanni Bernardo Carbone at Palazzo Lomellino: portraits and fashion in 17th-century Genoa

Until 24 January 2027 Palazzo Lomellino, on Via Garibaldi in Genoa, hosts the first monographic exhibition devoted to Giovanni Bernardo Carbone, the painter who portrayed the Genoese nobility in the mid-17th century. Around thirty works trace his career, which began in the workshop of Giovanni Andrea De Ferrari and grew on the example of Van Dyck and the great Venetians. Through fabrics, jewels, hairstyles and lace the exhibition also follows the shift in fashion from the austere Spanish style to French models. An installation with three LED walls shows faces and details from the paintings on a monumental scale. From 11 November, at 4 pm, there are six talks in the exhibition rooms with scholars, the first on 11, 18 and 25 November and 2 December (in Italian). Opening hours and tickets on the Palazzo Lomellino website.