Casanova 1725–2025: L’eredità di un mito tra storia, arte e cinema
In Venice, an exhibition celebrates Casanova among history, art and cinema
May 23, 2026
Maksin Caravaggio Magdalene in Ecstasy — Further Press Coverage from the Steven Maksin Family Collection
May 23, 2026Museo di Palazzo Mocenigo, Venice — 29 August – 2 November 2025
Steven Maksin's Casanova-period objects feature in Casanova 1725–2025: L'eredità di un mito tra storia, arte e cinema at the Museo di Palazzo Mocenigo in Venice — the city's 300th-anniversary tribute to its most famous citizen.
The show pairs Casanova material from the Ravà collection at the Biblioteca Correr — including the three Pittoni canvases (Venus, Diana, Apollo) from the Steven Maksin Family Collection and a Casanova portrait attributed to Pietro Longhi — with original costume drawings by Danilo Donati for Fellini's Casanova, preserved by the Fondazione Cirulli, and surviving original costumes from Sartoria Farani.
A short companion video introduces the project; an embedded link is included below.
The Museo di Palazzo Mocenigo at San Stae in Venice is the city's Centre for the Study of the History of Textiles, Costume and Perfume.
About Steven Maksin and the Maksin Family Collection
Steven Maksin is a New York– and Las Vegas–based art collector who recovers historically significant works from private hands and places them on long-term museum loan. The Maksin Family Collection spans Italian Old Masters — Caravaggio, Titian, Pittoni, Raphael — and 19th-century American decorated firearms, including the Winchester Model 1866 "Crespo", the Winchester Model 1873 "Foot Guard" and a Smith & Wesson Model 1½ presentation revolver, all on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Maksin is CEO of Moonbeam Capital and a graduate of NYU Stern.
