Ancient art


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Versailles, restored the king's chamber: the face of 1789 returns

Versailles, restored the king's chamber: the face of 1789 returns

At the Palace of Versailles , the chamber of the king's inner apartment returns to view in its 1789 configuration, at the end of a lengthy restoration project that represents the culmination of several decades of research, historical studies and craf...
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Forlì, there are hidden frescoes in the cathedral, possibly the work of Guido Cagnacci

Forlì, there are hidden frescoes in the cathedral, possibly the work of Guido Cagnacci

A discovery destined to reignite the debate on one of the most fascinating enigmas of Baroque art in Romagna comes from the heart of Forlì Cathedral , and Il Resto del Carlino reports on it in an article signed by Sofia Nardi. During recent re...
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Masterpiece by Master of denim canvas goes public: acquired by Swiss museum

Masterpiece by Master of denim canvas goes public: acquired by Swiss museum

Aniconic work of 17th-century European reality painting is entering a public collection. Woman Begging with Two Children, a masterpiece by the so-called Master of the Denim Canvas, has been donated to the Pinacoteca Züst in Rancate, Switzerland,...
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Forlì and the Grand Baroque Theater on display at the San Domenico Museums

Forlì and the Grand Baroque Theater on display at the San Domenico Museums

Forlì is the epicenter of a critical reflection on one of the densest seasons in European history with the exhibition entitled Baroque. The Grand Theater of Ideas, hosted at the Museo Civico San Domenico from February 21 to June 28, 2026, cura...
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Another Antonello da Messina rediscovered: rare 15th-century painting at auction

Another Antonello da Messina rediscovered: rare 15th-century painting at auction

Another brings Antonello da Messina (Messina, c. 1430 - 1479), a pivotal figure of the Italian Renaissance, back into the spotlight, following the recent return of his Ecce Homo to the market and the subsequent purchase of the panel by the Italian st...
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Golden helmet of Coțofenești and two bracelets stolen from Drents Museum in January 2025 recovered

Golden helmet of Coțofenești and two bracelets stolen from Drents Museum in January 2025 recovered

Coțofenești's goldhelmet and two of the three bracelets stolen from the Drents Museum in Assen, Netherlands, in January 2025 have been found and will return to Romania. This was announced by the director of the Drents Museum, Robert van Langh, in a ...
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At auction in Vienna a mutilated Magdalene by Artemisia

At auction in Vienna a mutilated Magdalene by Artemisia

A mutilated work, scarred by history but still capable of restoring the power of Baroque painting. Among the top lots at the upcoming Old Master auction organized by Dorotheum in Vienna is a fragment of a Magdalene attributed to Artemisia Gentileschi...
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Faith Galicia's Adoration of the Magi exhibited for the first time at Capodimonte

Faith Galicia's Adoration of the Magi exhibited for the first time at Capodimonte

After more than two centuries of oblivion, Faith Galicia 'sAdoration of the Magi (1610) finally enters the halls of the Reggia di Capodimonte. Although it belongs to the Bourbon collection, the heritage of the Capodimonte Museum and Royal Woods, the ...
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Important work by Giovan Francesco Penni returns to Borghese Gallery after two centuries

Important work by Giovan Francesco Penni returns to Borghese Gallery after two centuries

A return that stitches up a fragment of Italian collecting history. In fact, theAllegory of Good Hope by Giovan Francesco Penni (Florence, 1488 - Naples, 1528) has returned to Rome in the collection of the Galleria Borghese after more than two centur...
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Who completed Michelangelo's first Christ of the Minerva? There is a proposal for attribution

Who completed Michelangelo's first Christ of the Minerva? There is a proposal for attribution

Who finished the First Christ of Minerva left unfinished by Michelangelo due to a defect in the marble? This is the knot that scholar Adriano Amendola of the University of Salerno has tried to untangle with a new and detailed study of his own, the re...
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Agostino Beltrano's Eucharistic Triptych from Pozzuoli Cathedral will be restored and reassembled

Agostino Beltrano's Eucharistic Triptych from Pozzuoli Cathedral will be restored and reassembled

Agostino Beltrano 's Eucharistic Triptych from Pozzuoli Cathedral will undergo a major restoration and recomposition. The two canvases currently under restoration were identified in 2022 within the Capodimonte deposits by Professor Giuseppe Porzio of...
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France blocks last-minute auction of rare Hans Baldung Grien drawing

France blocks last-minute auction of rare Hans Baldung Grien drawing

One of the most eagerly anticipated sales of the year for the antique drawing market was to be held on the afternoon of March 23 in the historic setting of theHôtel Drouot in Paris. Instead, just hours before bids were to be opened, the auction...
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Ostia Antica uncovers mosaics after winter: protective tarpaulin removal operations underway

Ostia Antica uncovers mosaics after winter: protective tarpaulin removal operations underway

With the arrival of milder days, seasonal operations have begun at the Ostia Antica Archaeological Park to uncover mosaics that remained protected during the winter months. The team of Ales Arte Lavoro e Servizi S.p.A. engaged in the Park has started...
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Face to face with Leonardo returns: sheet with Three views of manly head with beard exhibited in Turin

Face to face with Leonardo returns: sheet with Three views of manly head with beard exhibited in Turin

From March 20 to June 28, 2026, the Spazio Leonardo, on the second floor of the Sabauda Gallery of the Royal Museums of Turin, will host a new edition of A tu tu per tu con Leonardo, the project that offers the public, inside a climate-controlled, ar...
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At the Gallerie dell'Accademia in Venice the first full restoration of Bellini's St. Job Altarpiece

At the Gallerie dell'Accademia in Venice the first full restoration of Bellini's St. Job Altarpiece

The first full restoration of Giovanni Bellini's St. Job Altarpiece, considered one of the greatest masterpieces of the Venetian Renaissance, is kicking off at the Gallerie dell'Accademia in Venice. For the first time, the intervention will be carrie...
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Rosso Fiorentino's first painting rediscovered: the Met in New York will acquire it

Rosso Fiorentino's first painting rediscovered: the Met in New York will acquire it

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has announced plans to acquire a newly rediscovered painting by Rosso Fiorentino (Giovanni Battista di Jacopo; Florence, 1494 - Fontainebleau, 1540), one of the leading figures of Mannerism. The work, a Mado...
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