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Slovenia–Turkey Bilateral Colloquium · Portorož, 19 May 2023
Retained Artwork Lives On
in a Local Event
Milka Sinkovič
University of Primorska, Slovenia
milka.sinkovic@fts.upr.si
In 2018, Piran celebrated the 500th anniversary of the painting The
Madonna Enthroned with Child and Six Saints (oil on canvas, cm 280
× 210) by the Venetian painter Vittore Carpaccio (c. 1460/6–c. 1525/6).
Due to the dangers of war, this masterpiece was taken to safety in Italy
in 1940, along with other works of art from all over Istria. The altarpiece
was painted for the Minorite Church of St. Francis in Piran but is now
in the Anthonian Museum in Padua. To mark the venerable anniversary
of the painting, the Piran Minorite Monastery, in cooperation with the
institutions and associations of Piran, organised around thirty different
events: concerts, workshops for young people, exhibitions, excursions to
Padua, book presentations, lectures and an international scientific sym-
posium; the events aimed to bring Carpaccio, his time and his work to
a broader audience and to raise local awareness of the importance of his
presence in our environment.
Keywords: Vittore Carpaccio, Piran, The Madonna Enthroned with Child
and Six Saints
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Retained Artwork Lives On
in a Local Event
Milka Sinkovič
University of Primorska, Slovenia
milka.sinkovic@fts.upr.si
In 2018, Piran celebrated the 500th anniversary of the painting The
Madonna Enthroned with Child and Six Saints (oil on canvas, cm 280
× 210) by the Venetian painter Vittore Carpaccio (c. 1460/6–c. 1525/6).
Due to the dangers of war, this masterpiece was taken to safety in Italy
in 1940, along with other works of art from all over Istria. The altarpiece
was painted for the Minorite Church of St. Francis in Piran but is now
in the Anthonian Museum in Padua. To mark the venerable anniversary
of the painting, the Piran Minorite Monastery, in cooperation with the
institutions and associations of Piran, organised around thirty different
events: concerts, workshops for young people, exhibitions, excursions to
Padua, book presentations, lectures and an international scientific sym-
posium; the events aimed to bring Carpaccio, his time and his work to
a broader audience and to raise local awareness of the importance of his
presence in our environment.
Keywords: Vittore Carpaccio, Piran, The Madonna Enthroned with Child
and Six Saints
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