Eighteenth century - Finestre sull'Arte

Precious portrait of Rosalba Carriera resurfaces after 300 years and goes to auction in England

An unpublished painting by Rosalba Carriera (Venice, 1673 - 1757) that never left the family circle for more than three centuries is now being presented to the public and the market for the first time. It is a pastel portrait of Coulson Fellowes, an ...
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Carolina Bonaparte's historic villa is for sale in the hills of Lucca

On the hills surrounding Lucca, an 18th-century villa of great historical and architectural value, which belonged to Carolina Bonaparte (Ajaccio, 1782 - Florence, 1839), Napoleon 's sister and queen of Naples, is offered for sale. The mansion, manage...
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Utrecht, a contemporary artist reinterprets the colonial gaze of an 18th-century artist

A unique dialogue between ancient and contemporary at the Centraal Museum in Utrecht, the Netherlands, from Sept. 13, 2025 to Feb. 13, 2026: as part of the exhibition, Dutch artist Willem de Rooij (Beverwijk, 1969) analyzes the visual culture of the ...
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The National Gallery in London dedicates an exhibition to Joseph Wright of Derby and his candlelight paintings

From November 7, 2025 to May 10, 2026, the National Gallery in London will present Wright of Derby: From the Shadows, its first major exhibition devoted entirely to Joseph Wright of Derby. The exhibition, focusing on the famous series of "candlelight...
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Andrea Appiani and Neoclassicism on display at Milan's Palazzo Reale

From September 23, 2025 to January 11, 2026, the Royal Palace in Milan will host an exhibition entirely dedicated to Andrea Appiani (Milan, 1754 - 1817), among the greatest representatives of Italian Neoclassicism. The exhibition project, entitled Ap...
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At the Palace of Caserta, more than 100 works celebrate the role of sovereigns

The Reggia di Caserta will host from December 2025, in the Grand Gallery of the Royal Palace, the exhibition Queens: plots of culture and diplomacy between Naples and Europe. More than 100 works from Italian and international museums and institutions...
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The storming of the Bastille in art: what happened on July 14, 1789?

Imagine a crowd of Parisians on July 14, 1789 as they stormed the Bastille, a now almost disused prison. We then think of all that followed that event, which represented the ultimate breaking point between the people and the absolute monarchy, beginn...
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A major exhibition at the Louvre on Jacques-Louis David, the painter of the revolution and Napoleon

In Paris, the Louvre is planning a major exhibition devoted to Jacques-Louis David (Paris, 1748-Brussels, 1825), a great painter associated with the Neoclassical movement, the leading one in Napoleonic France. Curated by Sébastien Allard, Gene...
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