Paraphrasing a much higher authority one could say that the avenues to connect Napoli to the Bay Area, www.unitethetwobays.com –travel through unpredictable ways. The dream of many Italians, Neapolitans in the specific, of one day to see some pieces from the Museo di Capodimonte’s Collection on exhibit in Northern California came true this week with the arrival of Botticelli’s Madonna col Bambino from the collection of the Museo di Capodimonte.

On loan to the Palace of the Legion of Honor of San Francisco for Truth and Beauty: The Pre-Raphaelites and the Old Masters an encyclopedic retrospective of the Pre-Raphaelites PAINTERS curated by the erudite and captivating Melissa Buron, Botticelli’s Madonna will be on exposition until September 30.