Eighteenth century - Finestre sull'Arte

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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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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TEFAF 2026, key still life by Giacomo Cipper sold: it is the only one signed

One of the seminal paintings in the catalog of Giacomo Francesco Cipper (Feldkirch, 1664 - Milan, 1736), Still Life with Plate of Olives, Plate of Figs, Cheese, Celery a Bottle and Chalice, signed and dated 1700, was sold by the Matteo Salamon Galler...
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Touching the Veiled Christ: at the Sansevero Chapel a special tactile visit

Naples, the Sansevero Chapel Museum exceptionally opens its doors to blind and visually impaired visitors with an initiative dedicated to theaccessibility of artistic heritage. In fact, on Tuesday, March 17, 2026, the Naples museum is organizing the ...
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When Milan was the workshop of Neoclassicism. What the Gallerie d'Italia exhibition looks like.

Keeping the attention of visitors along the entire path of an exhibition is no easy thing, especially when investigating a historical-artistic period, such as Neoclassicism and its major protagonists, to which a conspicuous number of exhibition proje...
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Versailles between art and power: ten works tell the story of the Sun King's Palace

Versailles, the quintessential symbol of French monarchical power, has inspired artists of different eras and styles, becoming the subject of a story that spans centuries. From Israel Silvestre 's engravings of 1682, which immortalize the Palace as s...
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Painters of reality compared: Bellotti and Ceruti on display at MarteS

An unprecedented confrontation between two great modern painters of reality: this is what is being staged from March 21 to June 28, 2026 at the MarteS Museo d'Arte Sorlini in Calvagese della Riviera, in the province of Brescia, where the dossier exhi...
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Royal Palace of Caserta, completed the restoration of the three large canvases in the Royal Casino of the Forest of San Silvestro

The three large canvases decorating the ceilings of the Real Casino del Bosco di San Silvestro at the Royal Palace of Caserta have been restored. The works were in a condition of severe deterioration, such that their preservation and the possibility ...
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