Five hundred - Finestre sull'Arte

A portrait of Correggio. Gianfrancesco Gonzaga is the enigmatic "gentleman with the petrarchino"

Since my studies have sometimes led me to take an interest in Correggio's particular subjects and in his relations with the Gonzaga courts, with which he had an evocative continuity of relations, I can now present a result that illuminates a work of ...
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Parmigianino's self-portrait on display at Parma's Pilotta (or maybe not)

From Oct. 18, 2025 to Jan. 11, 2026, the Complesso monumentale della Pilotta in Parma opens to the public, in Room 14 of the National Gallery, a dossier exhibition that invites a direct comparison between two rarely seen works kept in the museum's st...
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Fully restored the Triptych of Moulins. It will be displayed in the Louvre

The restoration of Jean Hey's Triptych of Moulins, one of the greatest masterpieces of French painting at the dawn of the 16th century, has been completed. The intervention, conducted between 2022 and 2025, represents a key moment in the appreciation...
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An exhibition in Mantua to rediscover Diana Sculptori, the "rare carver" of the 16th century

From Saturday, October 11, 2025 to January 11, 2026, the Palazzina della Rustica of the Ducal Palace in Mantua will host the exhibition Diana Scultori, carver rare. An Artist between Mantua and Rome in the Sixteenth Century, a project that brings bac...
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Lorenzo Lotto's Portrait of Lucina Brembati arrives at the Capodimonte Museum on a trip from Bergamo

Lorenzo Lotto 's Portrait of Lucina Brembati (c. 1521-1523), a masterpiece from theCarrara Academy in Bergamo, is the new guest at the Capodimonte Museum and Real Bosco, from Oct. 2, 2025 to Jan. 6, 2026. A new opportunity to compare important works ...
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Raphael and workshop's Coronation of the Virgin for Monteluce monastery returns to Perugia

On the occasion of theJubilee Year of Hope, from Oct. 1, 2025 to Jan. 7, 2026, theIsland of San Lorenzo - Museo del Capitolo in Perugia is hosting the exhibition L'atteso ritorno. Raphael for Monteluce from the Vatican Museums, organized by the Archd...
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Correggio, the fleeing youth: the Gospel in painting and the theological center of the painting

All of Correggio's frescoes and almost all of his mobile paintings are bearers of particular meanings, not often easy to decipher, that explicate values of a Christian scope and that flow from deep meditations which lead to his well-known composition...
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Stockholm Nationalmuseum acquires work by Sofonisba Anguissola: it is the artist's first in the collection

The Nationalmuseum in Stockholm has acquired a portrait by Italian painter Sofonisba Anguissola-it is the first work by the artist to enter the museum's collection. The painting, depicting a man in ecclesiastical dress, is on public display starting ...
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