In Germany the two fragments of Salome with the Head of the Baptist, a painting attributed to Lucas Cranach (Kronach, 1472 - Weimar, 1552) or his workshop, which was dismembered in 1937, have been reunited after nearly 90 years . The two pieces of th...
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For the first time in more than three centuries, two nearly identical canvases that have long been discussed will be found next to each other: they are the celebrated Woman Playing the Guitar by Johannes Vermeer (Delft, 1632 - 1675) and its enigmatic...
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An important fragment of a fresco depicting St. Ignatius by Giovanni Andrea Carlone (Genoa, 1639 - 1697) has been rediscovered in Genoa .This valuable find represents a significant development in studies of late 17th-century Genoese Baroque painting....
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An important fragment of Lucca and Tuscan art history resurfaces from the walls of the church of San Martino in Migliano, a hamlet in the municipality of Camaiore, Valfreddana, a few kilometers from Lucca. It is here that, following restoration, a fr...
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Almost all of the lost frescoes of the Salazar Chapel, a masterpiece by Giovanni Battista Trotti known as Malosso (Cremona, 1555 - Parma, 1619) that could once be seen in the Capuchin church in Regona, a hamlet of Pizzighettone (Cremona), where Don D...
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A petition asking France not to lend theBayeux tapestry to England. It was launched, on Change.org, by Didier Rykner, longtime editor of La Tribune de l'Art, one of France's most-watched art magazines, and in about a month it has already reached nea...
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In Florence, it is well known, art is not only enclosed in museums: it is an integral part of the city's squares, streets and vistas. Some of the best-known, world-recognized works can be found outdoors, exposed to the elements and weather. And just ...
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An extraordinary maintenance operation on Michelangelo's Last Judgment will begin in 2026. This operation will be in addition to the ordinary one, carried out annually through the use of a mechanical lift. The need for the extraordinary action stems ...
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At the end of August, Giovanni Bellini 's Dead Christ with Four Angels will leave the City Museum of Rimini to join the Giorgio Franchetti Gallery at Ca' d'Oro in Venice, where it will undergo major restoration. With the signing of the deed of donati...
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On yesterday, August 10, the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced that it had received thirteen archaeological artifacts from the United Kingdom and Germany. The artifacts, which had previously left the country illicitly, returned t...
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Major acquisition for the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth , Texas, United States, which announced the day before yesterday the acquisition of Still Life with Melon, Watermelon and Other Fruits, painted around 1610-1620 by the Italian artist known as...
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Two panels from a polyptych that were thought to have been lost for more than two centuries have been found and now join the complex of which they were part. It happens in Germany, in Lübeck, where the St. Annen Museum unveiled on July 31 the two pa...
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New discoveries are emerging about Johannes Vermeer's creative process, particularly about the famous painting View of Houses in Delft, also known as The Little Street, created around 1658-1659. Recent studies have revealed that in an early version o...
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The precious processional cross made in 1501 by Gian Francesco dalle Croci for the church of San Francesco will be transferred to Florence on July 29, where it will undergo a thorough restoration at the Opificio delle Pietre Dure, a renowned institut...
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Restoration of Giorgio Vasari's Lamentation over Christ Deposed from the Cross, one of the most significant works preserved at the MAR - Ravenna City Art Museum, is now underway. The painting, an oil on panel made in 1548 for the Classe Abbey in Rave...
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Two precious works damaged by the 2016 earthquake, depicting the Madonna holding the dead body of her son after the deposition from the cross, the so-called Vesperbilds, have been restored at the Laboratory/Restoration of the Mole Vanvitelliana in An...
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