Robilant + Voena’s show, Splendour and Magnificence: Art from the European Courts, features 25 Old Master paintings, sculptures and works of decorative art.
Each piece ranged across the Dover Street gallery’s exhibition space is accompanied by a note detailing its provenance, offering some insight into the often grand families (Borghese and Rothschild among others) who either commissioned or previously owned the pieces.
For example: an Italian carved gilt-wood and marble mounted console table reputed to have been commissioned by the Borghese family, and a Portrait of Homer with a Violin by Baldassare Franceschini (Il Volterrano) commissioned by Giancarlo de Medici in the 17th century.