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Italian Old Masters in New York: Glowing gold-ground works offered by Moretti Fine Art

NEW YORK, NY.- Moretti Fine Art will stage their third annual winter exhibition of early Italian Old Masters at their gallery at 24 East 80th Street, New York, from 18 January to 10 February 2012. Entitled The Middle Ages and Early Renaissance: Paintings and Sculpture from the Carlo de Carlo Collection and other provenances, the exhibition will comprise twenty-four paintings and two sculptures, all of which are as remarkable for their beauty as they are for their rarity. Carlo de Carlo (1931-1999) was Florence’s undisputed leading authority in matters of connoisseurship. He was a self-made man blessed with an innate intuition for artistic quality, who developed a special love of early Tuscan painting, particularly for the elegant and colourful world of Sienese art. As well as being a successful and highly-respected dealer, he formed a private collection which was a monument to his expertise. Gaudenz Freuler wri