Conference by art historian Aurora Frescura, dedicated to collecting and collectors in Belluno in the nineteenth century.
Civic museums almost always arise from bequests and donations from private collectors: this is also the case of the museum in Belluno, established in 1876 around the Giampiccoli and Miari collections.
But even the subsequent life of the museum is nourished by works of art and historical testimonies that have passed through private collections during the nineteenth century.
Sometimes heirs of ancient noble families, other times representatives of a new bourgeoisie, collectors are at the center of dynamics of collection, exchange, and unfortunately also dispersion of works of art.
And they gradually recognize in the civic museum the place capable of preserving the memory and identity of their city.
Aurora Frescura
A young art historian, she studied at the Universities of Trento and Verona, and has recently refined her skills at the School of Specialization in Historical-Artistic Heritage at the University of Udine, with a thesis on the Belluno notebooks of Giovanni Battista Cavalcaselle.
She mainly focuses on the history of collecting, and in particular has deepened the figure of the Belluno-born Antonio Agosti, the subject of her master's thesis and later of an essay published in the journal “MDCCC-1800” of Ca’ Foscari University of Venice in 2024.
At the same time, she continues her work experience in the museum field, collaborating with the exhibition department of the Buonconsiglio Castle in Trento.
Admission to the conference is free but reservation is required at the email address: prenotazionimuseo@comune.belluno.it.
