Ancient art - Finestre sull'Arte

Major acquisition by the Los Angeles Museum of Art: here is the self-portrait of Virginia Vezzi

Important achievement for LACMA - Los Angeles County Museum of Art, one of the most relevant U.S. art museums: the California institution has in fact found and purchased a very rare painting by Virginia Vezzi (Velletri, 1600 - Paris, 1638), a talente...
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The Museo delle Sinopie in Pisa: journey into a unique heritage

There are stories that emerge through tragedy and images that surface only when the material covering them is forcefully ripped away. Such is the case with the sinopias of Pisa's Monumental Cemetery: works that were never meant to appear, and which t...
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St. Rombald's Cathedral in Mechelen, a masterpiece of the Brabant Gothic style

The city of Mechelen, in Flanders, guards in its historic center a building, the Cathedral of St. Rombald, that can be considered a pivotal monument of the local culture: this church is not only the spiritual fulcrum of the city, but can also be said...
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Extraordinary donation to Bergamo Diocesan Museum: 9 works by Baschenis arrive, with rare pieces

Six months after the opening of the new Bernareggi Diocesan Museum in Bergamo, its permanent collection is enhanced thanks to an extraordinary donation that marks a turning point in the institution's history. Guido Crippa, a leading figure in Bergamo...
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Incredible auction in Genoa: a Salvator Mundi estimated at only 2,000 euros was sold for more than 200,000

Exceptional result for a Salvator Mundi of the Caravaggio school passed at auction at Wannenes in Genoa on April 15: the work, given generically to a "Caravaggesque painter of the 17th century," an oil on canvas nearly five feet high by about three f...
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Magdalene in Ecstasy attributed to Caravaggio on exhibition in India

For the first time in history, a painting attributed to Caravaggio is on display in India. The much-discussed Magdalene in Ecstasy is in fact the focus of an exhibition at the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA) in New Delhi, which opened April 11, 2025...
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Netherlands, Mauritshuis in The Hague revises attributions of three paintings given to Rembrandt

The Mauritshuis inThe Hague, one of the most important museums in the Netherlands and home to an important nucleus of Rembrandt 's works (with masterpieces such as The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp, theHomer, theSelf-Portrait from his last year...
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Pope Francis died: here's what he did for art during his pontificate

This morning, April 21, 2025, at 7:35 a.m., Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, passed away: the first pope from the American continent in history left behind him a legacy articulated not only on a spiritual level, but also in the cultural and ...
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