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Davide Gasparotto standing near Hunting on the Lagoon (recto); Letter Rack (verso). Photo courtesy of The Getty Museum
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An Italian point of view on the
Getty's paintings collection
Almost a year ago, Italian art
historian and curator Davide
G a s p a r o t t o w a s a p p o i n t e d
Senior Curator of Paintings of
the J. Paul Getty Museum in
Los Angeles. Born in Bassano
del Grappa, Veneto region in
Northern Italy, Dr. Gasparotto
is "A leading figure in the field
of Renaissance through 18th
century Italian art, while also
having an exceptionally broad
knowledge of European art in
other periods and media" – as
d i r e c t o r T i m o t h y P o t t s
explained.
After studying the History of
Art and Classical Archaeology
at the University of Pisa, and
the History of Art Criticism at
the prestigious Scuola Normale
S u p e r i o r e i n P i s a , D r .
G a s p a r o t t o w o r k e d a t t h e
National Gallery of Parma for
12 years and in 2012 became
director of the Galleria Estense
in Modena. He was also known
in the U.S., where he spent some
time as a visiting fellow at the
National Gallery in Washington
D . C . ( 2 0 0 7 ) a n d t h e N Y
Metropolitan Museum of Art
(2011-2012).
Dr. Gasparotto, considering
your successful career in Italy,
w h a t d i d p e r s u a d e y o u t o
accept the Getty's offer and
move to Los Angeles?
On one side, it was the chal-
lenge of a new and totally dif-
f e r e n t w o r k e x p e r i e n c e t h a t
excited me; on the other side, it
was the reputation of the Getty
all over the world, not only as a
museum but also as a very live-
ly scholarly community. I think
that the presence of the different
institutes - the Museum with its
w o n d e r f u l c o l l e c t i o n s , t h e
Foundation with its many pro-
j e c t s , t h e R e s e a r c h I n s t i t u t e
with its incredible resources for
research and the many visiting
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