MIRABILIA GRAPHICA. Micrographic Calligrams of Ignazio Muligino
- 18 June 2026 - 18 October 2026
Language: Italian
From 18 June to 18 October 2026, the Museo Galileo hosts an exhibition dedicated to a rare and highly original work created at the end of the 17th century.
The exhibition focuses on an extraordinary work: a calligram that exploits the properties of the microscope to make it possible to read a text that is almost invisible and illegible to the naked eye. The writing forms an image of the Madonna and Child derived from a painting by Pietro da Cortona now housed at the Louvre, Saint Martina with the Virgin and Child (1643). The author is Francesco Ignazio Muligino, a calligrapher active between France and Italy at the end of the 17th century, who was able to harness optical science in support of his art.