Ancient art Louvre Museums Paris
On April 18, 1633, Cardinal Carlo Emanuele Pio of Savoy had 25 scudi paid to a gentleman from Pavia named Muzio Pietra. The reason for the payment takes up half a line: “for a portrait by Caravaggio.” It does not say who is…
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Ancient art 61. International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia Venice Biennale
In the heart of the Peruvian Andes, in the Cusco region, an international project aims to secure a 17th-century church and preserve its artistic heritage. The Getty Center announces “Sacred Heritage in the Andes: Conserving the Baroque…
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Ancient art Lake Vagli Tuscany
One detail didn’t add up: Paolo Violini, director of the Vatican Museums’ Painting Restoration Laboratory, was standing on the scaffolding set up in front of the altar wall of the Sistine Chapel, just a few centimeters from…
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Ancient art Antonio Fontanesi Japan Modern Art Nineteenth century Turin
Two new works attributed to Caravaggio in just twenty-four hours: a record, and it happened between yesterday and this morning. Yesterday, November 7, in Montepulciano, art historian Gianni Papi attributed to Michelangelo Merisi a portrait…
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In Genoa, the restoration of 59 sculptures in the Monumental Area of the Albergo dei Poveri has been completed. The project, sponsored by the Friends of Genoa Foundation and made possible by a donation from the Paolo and Giuliana Clerici…
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An extremely rare painting by Albrecht Altdorfer ( Regensburg, 1480–1538) is about to come up for sale. This is an exceptional event, as there are very few known paintings by this German artist, who is considered one of the first in…
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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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Ancient art Museums National Gallery of Umbria
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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Ancient art Archaeology Underwater archaeology
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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Ancient art Ancient art Dutch art Jan Vermeer Johannes Vermeer Six hundred
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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