News Focus Ancient art Caravaggio Six hundred
"The Caravaggio had been destroyed because ... in the way it had been rolled up, when the buyer was later to ... see it, he started crying and it was ... not. it was no longer in a condition to be used." It is in the words of justice…
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News Focus Ancient art Guido Reni restoration Restorations Rome Six hundred
The restoration of Guido Reni's Crucifixion placed on the high altar of the Basilica of San Lorenzo in Lucina in Rome was presented on September 13. The year-long intervention was conducted by Davide Rigaglia with Valentina Romè and…
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Lately there has been renewed discussion of Caravaggio's death, which as we know occurred on July 18, 1610, in Porto Ercole, on the Tuscan coast near the border with Lazio, when the artist was not yet 39 years old. More and more cultural…
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News Focus Ancient art Caravaggio Giacomo Serpotta Sicily
Until now, its viewing had been a privilege for few, as it was not available even in specialized film libraries. On the Web, an initial fragment of just two minutes circulated. We are talking about Lo scultore degli angeli (The Sculptor of…
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Works and artists Ancient art Caravaggio Palermo Sicily Six hundred
It is the oldest reproduction of the Oratory of San Lorenzo in Palermo. A nice rediscovery if, dating back to the mid-nineteenth century, if black lost memory. And with good reason, taking into account that it was published in a…
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Works and artists Ancient art Caravaggio Palermo Sicily Six hundred
The photographic and documentary exhibition The War of Art, in Palermo at the Convent of the Real Magione, has been extended until April 8. The title, which paraphrases Sun Tzu's The War of War, stigmatizes how works of art have always…
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Exhibition reviews Ancient art Baroque Caravaggio Milan Rome Six hundred
Only a few more days to visit the exhibition at the Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, Milan - extended until March 12. A masterpiece by the last Roman Caravaggio, the Saint Jerome Writing, temporarily replaces the Basket of Fruit on loan to the…
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