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The gallery, founded by Fiorenzo and Alessandro Cesati, specialises in sculpture and works of art from the Middle Ages to the Twentieth century. Drawing on a strong family tradition in art, marked by excellence in the fields of art and music, Alessandro Cesati gallery has been nationally and internationally renowned, for almost forty years now, for the careful search and selection of artworks. >

A Fantastic King of Animals

The Basilisk, a legendary creature whose origins lie in the naturalistic traditions of Antiquity, particularly in the writings of Plinio il Vecchio and Greek-Roman naturalists, was typically depicted as a small snake capable of killing with its gaze or breath. The Basilisk represented the extreme personification of the danger inherent in the wild nature and …

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A Chinese Basin dated 1623

Iron casting, as a technique that essentially consists of pouring molten metal into a mould in order to produce various types of objects, has ancient origins. While the beginnings of ironworking can generally be traced back to Mesopotamia and India around 1400 BC, the production of cast iron objects was first experimented and practiced in …

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Iron Doorknockers at the Labirinto della Masone

In a few days, the Labirinto della Masone in Fontanellato will inaugurate the exhibition Knock Knock Knock. Iron Guardians from the Cesati Collection, curated by Alessandro Cesati and Franco Maria Ricci Foundation. From 14 September 2025 to 6 January 2026, visitors will be guided on a journey of discovery through an exceptional sequence of iron …

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A Special Brass Virgin

The first chandeliers (lat. candelabrum, literally “candle holder”), as hanging lighting devices, made up of a central body from which a variable number of fixed or movable candle holder arms branch off, date back to the ancient world and their presence is well documented in the Etruscan, Roman and Byzantine cultures. These artefacts, originally conceived …

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A Wonderful Alabaster Relief

Alabaster is a fascinating material, appreciated since antiquity for its delicacy, transparency and luminosity. Its workmanship has deep roots dating back to ancient Egypt, but only in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance it reached levels of great refinement, getting a peak of diffusion and popularity especially in certain European regions, such as England, Spain, …

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Mastroianni’s creative energy

“One of the dominant themes in Mastroianni’s sculpture is the antagonism between form and space. We can say that for the artist form arises from the destruction of space, it reaches its fullness when it has made emptiness around it, when it stops to react to light and atmosphere, to everything near and far, and …

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MATERIAL BECOMES LANGUAGE – A dialogue between Umberto Mastroianni e Gianfranco Frattini

On the occasion of Milan Art and Design Weeks, Alessandro Cesati Gallery in collaboration with Volumnia exhibits a selection of sculptures and furniture by two 20th century masters, discovering their elective affinity. The exhibition ‘Material becomes Language’ explores the dialogue between two great protagonists of Italian art and design of the last century: Umberto Mastroianni …

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The Alessandro Cesati gallery has been taking part in the most prominent and select Italian and international exhibitions for many years now.

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