Two paintings by Paul Bril (Antwerp, 1554 – Rome, 1626) are once again on view at the Pinacoteca Ambrosiana in Milan following restoration work. The works are *Landscape with Hermits* and *Landscape with Shepherds and Pilgrims*, both…
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The time it would take to move Giorgio Vasari’s*The Last Supper* (Arezzo, 1511 – Florence, 1574) to safety if the Arno River were to flood the Basilica of Santa Croce in Florence again, as it did on November 4, 1966, is just…
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Human bones arranged in geometric and floral patterns line the walls of a small underground chapel in the center of Rome. And even deeper below, beneath the floor, lie the remains of Roman walls that may have belonged to the building…
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The *Portrait of a Gentleman in Black* is back in the news ; a few years ago, a hypothesis was put forward attributing it to Caravaggio. The work, housed at the Museo Civico – Pinacoteca Crociani in Montepulciano ( Siena), had hung…
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Restoration work on the Fonti dei Leoni and the Cortile della Dogana has been completed at Palazzo Vecchio in Florence. The project was carried out in sixty days with an investment of 50,000 euros, thanks to technical sponsorship from the…
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A rare fresco painted on a round wicker mat, rather than on a wall, canvas, panel, or any other traditional support: this is what makes *Christ and the Samaritan Woman*, a work by Luca Giordano (Naples, 1634 –1705), which is now part…
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For years it served as a barracks, then it was abandoned, and now, in Savona, a three-year restoration project is returning one of Liguria’s most important Renaissance churches to the public. This is the Church of San Giacomo, a…
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The fifty silver-leaf reliquaries housed in the Cell of St. Francis, in the convent of San Francesco a Ripa Grande in Rome’s Trastevere district, have been restored. The restoration, carried out between July and October 2026, was…
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A sumptuous banquet, a young woman seated before a lavishly set table, maids and musicians gathered around her, and, in the background, colonnades opening onto the landscape; all around, a rich border featuring cherubs, friezes, and floral…
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A world map and five large geographical maps created in the Netherlands in the 17th century are once again on display at Palazzo Spinola in Genoa, following a restoration project that lasted over a year. The works, part of a collection of…
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The Städel Museum in Frankfurt has pulled off a major coup by acquiring an important portrait by Guido Reni ( Bologna, 1575–1642)—that of Cardinal Giacomo Sannesi. The work, which had long been incorrectly attributed, was…
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A wooden bridge spans a body of water, connecting the banks of an imaginary landscape dominated by a ruined Renaissance arch and a pavilion. Not far away, a circular tower can be seen, while a boat carries a man wrapped in a cloak and a…
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Solidarity meets art and restores a heritage for the community to rediscover. In San Benedetto Po, in the Basilica of the Polirone Abbey, three 16th-century terracotta sculptures by Antonio Begarelli have been restored to their former…
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An important addition to the Tosio Martinengo Art Gallery in Brescia: a painting depicting the Good Samaritan by Girolamo Romanino has been loaned to the Brescia Museums Foundation by the Tassara Foundation. The scene depicts one of the…
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A painting by Titian Vecellio, never before exhibited to the public, is now part of the permanent collectionat the Poldi Pezzoli Museum in Milan. This significant addition serves as the inspiration for *A Titian for Milan*, a thematic…
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The restoration of the *Tondo dei due Fratelli*—a painting from the mid-2nd century A.D. housed at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo—was unveiled in Cairo. Originating from Antinoopolis in Middle Egypt, the work will be on display for the first…
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