A Facelift — And Perhaps a New Plaza — Await Connecticut Avenue North to California Street

By William G. Schulz*

Plans for an improved streetscape along

Connecticut Avenue, beginning just north of Dupont Circle and extending all the way up to California Street, were unveiled by the District’s Department of Transportation (DDOT) at a well-attended happy-hour reception and public meeting held on April 26th at the WeWork Dupont offices and conferencing space.

Probably the most dramatic aspect of the plan is a proposed, block-long pedestrian plaza to begin where Connecticut Avenue resumes on the north side of the Circle up to the Q Street intersection. As most Dupont Circle residents know, that block is currently divided by a gaping underpass, an eyesore that would be completely covered to create a small park by construing what is referred to as a “deck-over.”

“This is one of the most exciting projects to happen in Dupont Circle in many, many years,” Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans told the public meeting crowd.

“We’re going to do a full-scale analysis and get this done,” Evans said of city efforts to both hold listening tours and invite pub-lic input through questionnaires and other survey methods.

Both Evans and DDOT representatives noted that a pedestrian plaza to cover the underpass has been proposed several times before — the earliest known dating back to the 1960s. Because this same portion of Connecticut Avenue, along with the blocks

up to California Street, has just this year been officially granted status as a Business Improvement District by the city, the likeli-hood that, this time, it will actually be built seems to have increased.

Total project costs will be a shared expense with the city and members of the BID, whose membership fees become part of their commercial property tax bills and thus cannot be avoided.

“The BID will make it all happen and ensure maintenance,” Evans said.

Although disruption to the businesses between the Circle and Q Street probably cannot be avoided, the BID — which garnered widespread support from local business along Connecticut Avenue and elsewhere in Dupont Circle — has includ-ed plans for the streetscape improvement all along the avenue; existing businesses knew what they have signed up for, and did so with enthusiasm, but DDOT has also emphasized that construction will be designed to take place as rapidly as possible and in a manner that will minimize disrup-tion to the businesses.

Streetscape improve-ments, DDOT says, will include access for pedestrians, bicyclists, public transit and auto-mobiles. There will be upgrades to sidewalks, streetlights, drainage and traffic signals. Tree cover will be enhanced the entire length of the project, as will safety at crosswalks — long an issue on the broad thor-oughfare that is one of

Now Into Our Half Century of Continuous Publication

TheInTownerSince 1968 • Serving Washington D.C.’s Intown Neighborhoods

®

JUNE2018

Vol. 49, No. 12

Next Issue

July 13

☞ What’s Inside? Editorial / Vote for Candidates who Listen .... 2Art & Culture / Nat'l Gallery of Art..... 5

jjjjjjOn the Website Pages

Community News Reader Comments & Opinions

Recent Real Estate Sales Restaurant Reviews Washington History

☞ Reader Comments & Submissionsn CareFirst: Two Big to Regulate?

n Ecuadorian Embassy Sustained Significant Earthquake Damage, August 23, 2011

n Balancing Neighborhood Retail: The 25% Rule

n Reconstructing Historic Holt House

n When Does My Cast Iron Staircase Need Attention?

17th Street High Heel Race Fun Festivities 2017 Click here to enjoy the photos,

courtesy Phil Carney

Phot

o—Ph

il C

arne

y.

Art and CultureNat’l. Gallery

of ArtRenaissance Prints

into Maiolica and Bronze

page 5 Pilgrim Flask with

Mercury and PsycheFrancesco Xanto

Avelli

image— courtesy DC Dep’t. of Transportation.

image— courtesy DC Dep’t. of Transportation.

View of the exposed underpass as seen looking from the north side of Dupont Circle up Conn. Ave. to Q St. & beyond. The “deck-over” plaza would cover the portion of the depressed roadway to where Q St. crosses in the near distance. Cont., FACELIFT, p. 3

Shaw Neighborhood Slated for New Housing Designed for Low & Moderate-Income Families

By P.L. Wolff

On a rainy May 11th, MANNA, the city’s leading nonprofit developer of homes

for first-time buyers from low and moderate-income families, announced another to join its already more than 1,200 existing such properties.

Already in the neighborhoods within the area that The InTowner focuses its reporting –- roughly, East Capitol Street west to Rock Creek and from M Street north to Upshur Street –- this project, expected to be ready for occupancy 12 months from now, will join 40 others.

illus.-Jamie Soloman, Providence Construction.

Rendering showing the new building at 8th & T Sts., designed to fit into the visual fabric of the Greater U Street Historic District.

Cont., MANNA, p. 4

Nonprofit Farmers Market OrganizationsFace DC Government Hurdles; Seek Relief

By Larry Ray*

Do Farmers Markets Need a Government Ambassador to wade through the DC

regulations and implementation maze?DC residents love Farmers Markets. In

fact, they demand more markets and the expansion of existing ones. But to obtain approval for establishing one, organizers must first deal with a wide variety of DC agencies, each with their own sets of rules: Department of Transportation (DDOT), Department of Health (DOH), Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs (DCRA), as well as Advisory Neighborhood Commissions (ANC).

In fact, it is so complicated that three years ago Ward 3 Councilmember Mary Cheh introduced the Farmers Market Support Act of 2015 to create an office staffed to assist with navigating through the maze.

“As the number of farmers markets has increased in the District, many have expe-rienced challenges with start-up procedures and working with the District to take full advantage of all our programs and sup-port structures,” explained Councilmember

Cheh at the time. “This legislation will cre-ate a farmers markets ambassador position to help streamline the regulatory process.” The ambassador position, according to the council member, would make it simpler for those interested in starting up a market to understand the regulatory process.

CLICK HEREto continue to MARKETS

photo—Larry Ray-The InTowner.

The Columbia Heights weekly farmers market sets up in the 1300 block of Park Road adjacent to the historic Tivolit Theatre building (left).

Page 2 • The InTowner • June 2018

NEXT ISSUE—July 13Submisions Deadline: Friday, July 6

Mail and Delivery Address:1730-B Corcoran Street, N.W., Lower Level Washington, DC 20009

Website: www.intowner.comEditorial and Business Office: (202) 234-1717 / email: intowner@intowner.com

Press Releases may be emailed (not faxed) to: newsroom@intowner.comDisplay Advertising inquiries may be emailed to: advertising@intowner.com

Publisher & Managing Editor—P.L. WolffAssociate Editor—William G. SchulzContributing Writers—Ben Lasky, Larry RayLayout & Design — Mina RempeHistoric Preservation— Matthew B. Gilmore

Restaurants—Alexandra GreeleyMuseum Exhibitions—Joseph R. PhelanReal Estate—Kara KooncePhotographer—Phil CarneyWebmaster—Brian Smith

Founded in 1968 by John J. Schulter

Member—National Newspaper Association

The InTowner (ISSN 0887-9400) is published 12 times per year by The InTowner Publishing Corporation, 1730-B Corcoran Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20009. Owned by The InTowner Publishing Corporation, P.L. Wolff, president and chief executive officer.

Copyright ©2018, The InTowner Publishing Corporation. All rights reserved. Unsolicited articles, photographs, or other submissions will be given consideration; however, neither the publisher nor managing editor assumes responsibility for same, nor for specifically solic-ited materials, and will return only if accompanied by a stamped, self-addressed envelope. Signed contributions do not necessarily represent the views of this newspaper or of InTowner Publishing Corporation. Letters to the editor and other commentary are welcome. We reserve the right to edit such submissions for space & clarity.

For over 40 years providing neighborhood news and information to our readers in Adams Morgan, Mt. Pleasant and Columbia Heights; Dupont, Scott, Thomas and Logan Circles; Dupont East, U Street, Shaw; Mt Vernon Square and Pennsylvania Quarter.

To receive free monthly notices advising of the uploading of each new issue, send email to office@intowner.com; include your name, postal mailing address and phone number. This information will not be shared with any other lists or entities.

From the Publisher’s Desk...By P.L. Wolff

Dial A Plumber, LLC®Just Say: I Need A Plumber©

• Furnace Repair & Replacement

• Licensed Gas Filter• Water Heater• Boiler Work

• Serving DC• References• Drain Services• Licensed & Bonded

Dial: 202-251-1479 DC’s Plumber’s License #707

WE’RE BACK!!

a clean house • a clean mind

a cleaning service, incsatisfaction guaranteed

since 1985services provided in DC, VA and MD

commercial and residential • licensed, bonded, insuredfree estimates

703.892-8648www.acleaningserviceinc.com

When Voting Consider Which Candidates Listen

In addition to Chairman Mendelson, four of the five members of the City Council up for re-election on this month’s primary ballot –- Nadeau (Ward 1), McDuffie (Ward 5), Allen

(Ward 6), Bond (At-Large) –- have unequivocally stated their opposition to Initiative 77, the tipped wages issue also on the ballot.

To us, it appears that the reasons given pretty much track what we had to say in our own commentary in this space back in April. These members deserve to be continued on the Council if, for no other reason than they have demonstrated that they actually listen to their constituents.

Actual listening is a very important attribute for elected officials, something not always done with conviction. Others do, like At-Large Councilmember Anita Bonds clearly has publicly stated, “I’m listening to the workers.”

Voters need to take a hard look at the politicians, either current Council members like Mary Cheh in Ward 3 or those running for office like Ed Lazere who is challenging Mendelson for the chairmanship, when they take positions based on what they think is good for the “little people” and have decided that they can substitute their judgment and say they know better even when they have not the same shared experiences or like service workers, hardships and worry about making it through to the next paycheck.

As we wrote in our April commentary mentioned above, “Why should we who don’t work in those jobs decide that we know better what’s good for them and their families? To do so would be the height of Trump-like arrogance –- and based on a complete lack of understanding the facts.”

We were encouraged by At-Large Councilmember Robert White, Jr. (who is not up for re-election) when, in response to our query as to where he stands on the Initiative 77 issue, told us, “I have not yet determined how I will vote . . . at the ballot box. It isn’t fair to make a decision about other people’s careers without understanding their position. [Italics ours.] I am still talking to tipped workers to get their take on the issue and will vote based on what I hear from them.”

Clearly, he is out there listening.About this imperative that elected officials actually listen, in its May 16th report head-

lined “Ballot Measure to End ‘Tipped Wage’ in D.C. Opposed by Mayor, Majority of Council,” the Washington Post included a telling observation made by the spokesperson for the DC affiliate of the New York-based group pushing this measure:

“Ballot initiatives are precisely to go around elected officials who aren’t listening to the majority of their constituents,” said Diana Ramirez, director of Restaurant Opportunities Center D.C. “D.C. voters know that’s the right thing to do, to give tipped workers in the District better wages and better tips. . . . We hope that the council respects the will of the voters.”

Focus on her words about why she believes recourse to this ballot initiative is necessary: that it is “precisely to go around elected officials who aren’t listening. . . .” She might be absolutely correct except for the very fact that here in DC most of our elected officials have been listening to the very constituents who are most directly affected! Seems to us that the whole premise of her out-of-state group’s arguement has, almost by her own unwitting admission, collapsed of its own weight.

While on the subject of the need for actual listening to the concerns of residents, it’s not just the elected officials who have an obligation, but it is also the unelected officials and low-level bureaucrats who must do so. And when they do not listen and blindly go off on a tear then it is necessary for the Mayor to reign them in. And if the Mayor won’t do it, then Council members must step in, as did at-large member White a little over a year ago when undertaking a review of the work of the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs (DCRA).

His review, about which we wrote at the time, was in response to myriad complaints from constituents how DCRA’s rulemaking and enforcement practices too often fail to take into account what the individuals and businesses affected by its actions have to say about poten-tial impacts as a result of not even trying to listen to what may well be the consequences –- unintended or not –- that those on the receiving end understand.

So, when voting, as stated iat the top, consider which candidates listen, but also consider which candidates are proactive in holding agency and departmental officials to account for failures within their bureaucracies to properly listen and take into account what those on the receiving end of their actions have to say based on their real-life experiences from their own trenches.

Page 3 • The InTowner • June 2018

PreservationMatters.net (202) 596-1961

Preservation Matters

Preservation Matters, LLC offers a wide range of professional services related to historic preservation, preservation policy, and history, including:

Tel: (202) 596-1961 www.preservationmatters.net info@preservationmatters.net

• Research and documentation of historic properties • National Register of Historic Places and DC Inventory nominations • Preservation planning, project development, and implementation • Work with architects, developers, contractors, property owners,

neighbors, and organizations in understanding and applying preservation laws, regulations, design standards and guidelines

17th Street FestivalSaturday, August 25, 2018

12:00 - 6:00 p.m.

The mission of Historic Dupont Main Streets is to promote, coordinate, and maintain the cultural, economic, and environmental qualities of Dupont Circle to make it an exemplary place to live, work, shop, and play.

www.DupontCircleMainStreets.org

Advertisement

Since 2010, the 17th Street Festival celebrates 17th Street and its diversity of restaurants and retailers. There are 100 vendors, with more than 60 artists and makers selling everything from fine art to jewelry, ceramics to crafts, and every creative item in between. Other vendors include area organizations, politicians, entrepreneurs, and local businesses. The kids zone has activities for children, including a moon bounce, ball crawl, face painting, and games throughout the day.

www.17thStreetFestival.org

      As your At-Large Councilmember I work hard every day putting the people of DC first.

DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY - JUNE 19, 2018

DC’s main traffic arteries.Many of the details have yet to be worked

out and the April public meeting was just the first of many to be held by DDOT to keep the public informed and engaged with project development and decision-making.

A 2016 DDOT study of the streetscape project yielded some early points of emphasis from stakeholders, including:• Preservation of views to and from the

Dupont Circle memorial fountain;• Maintenance of the shape and build-

ing edge around the Circle, which was designed as a focal point, and ensure that the plaza remains secondary and modest;

• Separate the plaza from the Circle to help differentiate the two public spaces;

• Minimize the level that the deck of the plaza needs to be raised;

• Maintain visibility of the historic infrastruc-ture that defines the depressed roadway and tunnel;

• Consider improvements to Dupont Triangle Park (also known as Reservation 149), the small pocket park that is across from Metro’s Dupont Circle station Q Street entry;

• Maximize the amount of continuous plaza space;

• Maintain and enhance access to the busi-nesses.

The ultimate design of the deck-over plaza, in particular, will need refinement and more public and BID stakeholder input. Points to be considered include height of the deck to accommodate either tree planting or planters, whether to keep open the existing U turn-around and the resulting impact on traffic flow, as well as whether perhaps to include a fabricated canopy over the plaza (otherwise, it might be way too hot for use during summer especially.

Because of the complexity of the proj-ect, design demands, and need for public input, DDOT says construction will not likely begin before autumn of 2021. Meantime, a description of the overall project, including

various design proposals can be found on DDOT’s “Streetscape and Deck-Over Project” website which features extensive informa-tional resources and schematics as well as place for submitting public comments.

Copyright © 2018 InTowner Publishing Corp. & William G. Schulz. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited, except as provided by 17 U.S.C. §§ 107 & 108 (“fair use”).

FACELIFTFrom p. 1

image— courtesy DC Dep’t. of Transportation.

Schematic showing one of the concept plans for the plaza. Q St. not shown at the top.

image— courtesy DC Dep’t. of Transportation.

Schematic showing the traffic lanes in the 1500 block of Conn. Ave and those in what would then be the tunnel created by the construction.

Page 4 • The InTowner • June 2018

Celebrating 35 years

ANNIVERSARY SALE ❧ Feb. 9-25 ❧ All Items 10-40% Off

®

®

LUCKY NUMBERS ARE EVERYWHERE.WHAT ARE YOURS?

2018 D.C. Lottery

dclottery.com

PLAY TODAY!

Play the Lucky One® every four minutes between Keno drawings.

Pick a number from 1 to 36. Place your bet to find out if your

number is the Lucky One!

The Lucky One, it’s NEW and available ONLY from the DC Lottery.

DCL1551 | Lucky One | Intowner | 5x13.75 | 4C

Church of the Holy City 16th & Corcoran Streets, NW

Meditation and Evening Prayers 5pm Sunday EveningsYou are invited to quiet your heart.Break loose from the hustle and bustle of your life and enjoy the silence in the sanctuary. Meditate by soft music and sacred chanting.

Read Scripture, offer prayers. Ask questions, offer comment on the Pastor’s address.

For more informationswedenborgcenter. org

According to MANNA’s leaders, this proj-ect demonstrates what can be done –- even in an area like Shaw where housing prices have risen dramatically in recent years -- when government, business and nonprofits work together. As MANNA’s CEO Rev Jim Dickerson, said, “MANNA is very honored to partner with the DC . . . Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) and with United Bank to provide this opportunity for affordable homeowner-ship in the Shaw neighborhood.”

Rev. Dickerson further expressed his “gratitude . . . to Mayor Browser and her commitment to affordable homeowner-ship in all Wards of DC, Director Polly Donaldson and her staff at DHCD and to United Bank, our commercial lender. All of you have worked diligently to make this project possible.”

The project will provide four affordable condo units and two market rate buyers whose income exceeds 80% of the Average

Median Income (AMI) as defined by HUD. (Low and moderate-income households are defined as those whose income is below 80% AMI.)

Each of the units, between 1,300 and 2,100 square feet, will include three bed-rooms and be equipped with individual HVAC systems.

“The legacy of this project, Dickerson concluded, will be a lasting one not only for the first-[time] homebuyers who live there but also for their children and grandchil-dren who will benefit from this example homeownership.”

Founded in 1982, Manna, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit housing and community development organization working towards the goals of affordable home ownership, affordable housing preservation, and neigh-borhood revitalization. In 2014, Manna received national acclaim from the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, award-ing it the prestigious James Rouse Award for national achievement in a major U.S. urban center. Over the past 30 years Manna has developed more than 1,200 affordable homes that have been sold to lower-income,

first-time homebuyers in the District. In turn, these same households have built more than $162 million in equity, collec-tively, and have provided much-needed stability in traditionally underserved neighborhoods in DC.Copyright © 2018 InTowner Publishing Corp. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited, except as provided by 17 U.S.C. §§ 107 & 108 (“fair use”).

MANNAFrom p. 1

photo-courtesy MANNA, Inc.

Shaw resident and At-large Councilmember Anita Bonds participated in the event celebrating the groundbreaking for this project.

Page 5 • The InTowner • June 2018

NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART 4th & Constitution; (202) 737-4215

By Joseph R. Phelan*

Sharing Images: Renaissance Prints into Maiolica and Bronze

(through August 5, 2018)

Maiolica, the brilliantly colored tin glazed earthenware of the Italian

Renaissance, is finally getting the museum respect it deserves.

This exhibition installed at the National Gallery reveals how majolica painters armed with printed images could deliver a rich array of literature, learning, and art lit-

erally on a plate, in works that were equally admired for their brilliant permanent colors and the ambitious skills of their creators.

In the 15th century when the new tech-nology of engraving on copper made pos-sible the widespread circulation of printed images and bronzes, istoriato (story painted) maiolica became an almost ubiquitous pres-ence in princely, aristocratic, and well-to-do homes. As luxury ware used more for deco-ration than for dining, it held a significant place in social life.

With its rich holdings in prints, bronzes and ceramics, recently augmented by the Corcoran’s William A Clark collection of maiolica, the Gallery has brought togeth-er some 90 such objects. Curators Jamie Gabbarelli and Jonathan Bober have expert-ly juxtaposed woodcuts, engravings, and bronzes with the majolica pieces they inspired.

The sophisticated and complicated compositions based on designs by major artists such as Andrea Mantegna, Antonio del Pollaiuolo, Raphael, Michelangelo, Parmigianino, and Albrecht Dürer, were intended to spark conversation, encour-age sociability and demonstrate humanis-tic erudition. In many ways they express the purest values of the Italian High Renaissance.

Each of the six rooms of the exhibi-tion is devoted to one or more of these great artists. Andrea Mantegna (ca. 1431-1506) -- the star of the first room -- led the way by printing his designs on paper thereby reproducing his own composi-tions in multiple copies. His epic designs, inspired by classical literature and myth, were based on the meticulous study of ancient statutes, sarcophagus reliefs, coins and engraved gems.

Mantegna’s Hercules and Antaeus seen here in a print is based on an ancient Roman sculpture which shows the two nude supermen locked in a death match.

Hercules was one of the most popular subjects of ancient art and literature because he had chosen as a youth to favor virtue over vice and good deeds to a life of enjoyment. His prodigious strength and his moral and intellectual virtues made him the model of human suffering, endurance, and triumph

for Christianity as well.The hero traveled to Libya in the course

of his 12 labors and encountered Antaeus, who killed strangers by wrestling with them. Antaeus was a son of the goddess Earth and gained new strength from his mother whenever he touched the ground; Hercules vanquished him by lifting him into the air and crushing the life out of him.

A brilliantly colored maiolica bowl from the workshop of one of the greatest maiolica painters, Giorgio Andreoli, and  based on Mantegna’s design shows Hercules, wearing a lion skin (picked out in deep red luster) crushing the giant. The scene on the bowl is set in front of a cave which takes up most of a rocky hill in a landscape with trees and buildings.

A ceramic dish from the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Lehman Collection based on the version of the story by Mantegna’s Florentine contemporary Antonio del Pollaiuolo’s (1431-1498) dazzles with its orange yellow frame and foreground high-lighting the agonized wrestlers at the center.

In 1506, a long buried ancient sculpture depicting the Trojan high priest Laocoön

and his sons being strangled by giant snakes was discovered in Rome. The Laocoön, as it came to be known, was widely recognized as one of the most important artworks of the ancient world. It caused a sensa-tion and was quickly copied in paintings, drawings, and bronze statues, becoming

the first viral image of the Renaissance. The two maiolica bowls on display based on the design would have allowed the owners to demonstrate a knowl-edge and appreciation of this famous work and its sources in the epic poems of Homer and Virgil.

Michelangelo (1475–1564) -- the star of the second gallery -- was pres-ent at the discov-ery of the sculpture. Inspired to new artistic heights, he made a series of presentation drawings for his intimate circle based on antique mythologi-cal themes and fea-turing naked mus-cular young men. Vasari called them “drawings the like of which the world has never seen.” These drawings -- Ganymede, Fall of Phaeton,

and Dream of Human Life -- were never meant to be made public, but accurate prints based on them soon circulated, followed by maiolica plates.

The third room is devoted to Michelangelo’s younger rival in Rome, Raphael (1483–1520), who had a very different attitude towards publication of his designs. He collaborated with printmakers and oversaw their production. As a consequence, prints based on Raphael were by far the most important models for Italian ceramics. So widespread were these ceramics that they were later dubbed “Raphael Ware” by col-lectors and connoisseurs.

One of Raphael’s greatest designs for a tapestry for the Sistine Chapel, Paul Preaching in Athens, was only really known from prints. Interestingly one maiolica plate translates the scene faithfully while a second adapts the figure of St. Paul raising both arms to heaven to a different sub-ject that of an ancient Roman

hero Marcus Curtis about to plunge into a chasm which has opened up in the Forum. Clever maiolica artists would cut and paste figures from dif-ferent designs into a composition of their own.

One of Raphael’s least well-known works, the Morbetto (little plague) which he con-ceived only for print, offers a macabre scene from Virgil’s Aeneid in which the hero Aeneas, leader of the plague-stricken Trojans, is warned in a dream that he must make his way to Italy to fulfill his destiny and save his people. The curators attribute the extreme rarity of the maiolica version of the design to the disturbing associations of the theme.

The next room is devoted to the artists who came to prominence following the premature death of Raphael. Parmigianino (1503–1540) and other artists from Raphael’s circle rejected the High Renaissance model of traditional balance, realism and classical proportions for the elegant distortions, fanci-ful compositions, and weird idiosyncrasies art historians later dubbed “mannerism.”

The exhibition concludes with another titan -- Albrecht Durer (1471-1528) -- who early in his career was influenced by Italian prints and later influenced Italian artists in turn. In his Prodigal Son, he depicts the moment when the prodigal, kneeling among the swine, wrings his hands in bitter remorse. While he, quite literally, abases himself to the level of beasts, he raises his

eyes and his thoughts to the heavens and to God. There is a fasci-

nating connection between the prodigal son and

the young Hercules as both faced and

made fateful choic-es between a life dedicated to either virtue or vice.

The cura-tor of this qui-etly enthralling exhibition, Jamie

Gabbarelli, assistant curator of prints, draw-

ings and photographs at the Rhode Island School of Design

Museum, is also the author of the informative 156-page catalogue which provides a c o m p r e h e n s i v e

introduction to the phenomena of “sharing images.” Collectors of maiolica will find it indispensable. For the rest of us, I can’t think of a better introduction to the themes, personalities and achievements of the High Renaissance than this exhibition.

Art & Culture

Workshop of Maestro Giorgio Andreoli, Shallow bowl with Hercules overcoming Antaeus (1520).

Workshop of Maestro Giorgio Andreoli, Dish with the Prodigal Son (1525).

Marco Dente, The Laocoön (ca. 1515–’27).

Francesco Xanto Avelli, lustered in the work-shop of Maestro Giorgio Andreoli, Dish with Laocoön (1532).

Workshop of Guido Durantino, probably by Orazio Fontana, Plate with Saint Paul Preaching at Athens (ca. 1535).

Giovanni Antonio da Brescia, Hercules and Antaeus (ca. 1490–1500).