baroque art - Finestre sull'Arte

Genoa, six apostles from a precious Procaccini cycle reunited after 350 years

Six canvases reunited after more than 350 years: it happens in Genoa, where from March 7 to July 19, 2026, the Strada Nuova Museums presents the exhibition Giulio Cesare Procaccini. The Apostles Reunited, set up in the rooms of Palazzo Rosso. The exh...
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Rome starts special tours to discover Bernini in St. Peter's Basilica

The National Galleries of Ancient Art and the Fabbrica di San Pietro in the Vatican are promoting a calendar of guided tours of St. Peter's Basilica as part of the celebrations for the 400th anniversary of the consecration of the new Basilica, which ...
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For the 17th-century Peter Martyr Neri a restoration and exhibition in Cremona

In Cremona, the restoration of the large canvas depicting the Healing of the Blind Man Born by Pietro Martire Neri (Cremona, 1591 - Rome, 1661) has turned into an opportunity for a comprehensive study and reinterpretation of the Cremonese painter's w...
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Rome, major exhibition at Palazzo Barberini on the link between Bernini and Maffeo Barberini

From February 12 to June 14, 2026, in Rome , the Gallerie Nazionali di Arte Antica is hosting the exhibition Bernini e i Barberini, curated by Andrea Bacchi and Maurizia Cicconi, at Palazzo Barberini. The exhibition, held to coincide with the 400th a...
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Ovid's Metamorphoses on display at the Borghese Gallery with more than 80 masterpieces

From June 23 to September 20, 2026, the Galleria Borghese in Rome will host the exhibition Metamorphosis. Ovid and the Arts, an exhibition project resulting from a collaboration with the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. The exhibition, curated by Francesca ...
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Ferrara, after 80 years the Apparition of St. Bruno by Giuseppe Avanzi returns to San Cristoforo

After more than eighty years, the church of San Cristoforo alla Certosa in Ferrara is once again home to TheApparition of Saint Bruno to Roger, Count of Sicily before the Battle of Capua, a monumental painting by Giuseppe Avanzi (1646-1718) measuring...
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Legnanino's Belisario returns to Turin's Palazzo Carignano after three centuries

After more than three centuries of absence, the painting Belisario chiede l'alemosina (Belisarius Asks for Alms ) by Stefano Maria Legnani, known as Legnanino (Milan, 1661 - 1713), has returned to the Apartments of the Princes of Palazzo Carignano in...
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World record for Artemisia Gentileschi: her self-portrait exceeds 5.6 million at Christie's

New world record for Artemisia Gentileschi. At Christie' s auction on Feb. 4, theSelf-Portrait as St. Catherine of Alexandria fetched a price of $5,687,000 (4.8 million euros), more than doubling the minimum estimate and marking the highest result ev...
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