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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts unveils a
major acquisition when it opens a new exhibition on paintings from
Venice next Sunday.


      "Titian and the Golden Age of Venetian Painting:
Masterpieces from the National Galleries of Scotland" will run
through May 1.


      The museum is using it as a chance to show off a rare map of
Venice. Jacopo de' Barbari's "View of Venice," published in 1500,
is considered one of the most spectacular achievements of
Renaissance printmaking. It gives a mural-sized topographical view
of the Italian city, measuring over nine feet wide. It's one of
only 13 known copies.


      The map had belonged to a French aristocratic family since the
mid-18th century. The institute acquired it for an undisclosed
seven-figure sum in December.
    

The Minneapolis Institute of Arts unveils a
major acquisition when it opens a new exhibition on paintings from
Venice next Sunday.


Minneapolis Institute of Arts unveiling major buy

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