Five hundred - Finestre sull'Arte

Passes at auction in Brescia starting at 1,200 euros but is a well-known masterpiece: sold for 88,000

In technical jargon they are called sleepers: they are those works that go through an auction with an attribution and estimate that undervalues them, but the market tends instead to believe that they are something more than the auction house thought,...
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The Head of Medusa in Bagno a Ripoli will be restored. It was originally part of the Fountain of the Fata Morgana

TheOpificio delle Pietre Dure of Florence will take charge of the restoration of the Head of Medusa belonging to the municipality of Bagno a Ripoli. In fact, the renowned institute has accepted the request of the municipal administration to work on t...
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Faith Galicia's Adoration of the Magi exhibited for the first time at Capodimonte

After more than two centuries of oblivion, Faith Galicia 'sAdoration of the Magi (1610) finally enters the halls of the Reggia di Capodimonte. Although it belongs to the Bourbon collection, the heritage of the Capodimonte Museum and Royal Woods, the ...
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Inventing nature: Leonardo, Arcimboldo and Caravaggio in Mantua

Palazzo Te in Mantua is preparing to host, from September 26, 2026 to January 10, 2027, the exhibition Inventing Nature. Leonardo, Arcimboldo, Caravaggio, curated by Barbara Furlotti and Guido Rebecchini. The exhibition, conceived on the occasion of ...
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Important work by Giovan Francesco Penni returns to Borghese Gallery after two centuries

A return that stitches up a fragment of Italian collecting history. In fact, theAllegory of Good Hope by Giovan Francesco Penni (Florence, 1488 - Naples, 1528) has returned to Rome in the collection of the Galleria Borghese after more than two centur...
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France blocks last-minute auction of rare Hans Baldung Grien drawing

One of the most eagerly anticipated sales of the year for the antique drawing market was to be held on the afternoon of March 23 in the historic setting of theHôtel Drouot in Paris. Instead, just hours before bids were to be opened, the auction...
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At the Civic Museum of Bari, an exhibition places Rembrandt and Barocci engravings in dialogue

Two great protagonists ofengraving, who lived more than 70 years apart and in very different geographical contexts, meet ideally in Bari in the exhibition Rembrandt and Barocci. Engraving Light, hosted at the Museo Civico di Bari from March 19 to May...
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Rosso Fiorentino's first painting rediscovered: the Met in New York will acquire it

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has announced plans to acquire a newly rediscovered painting by Rosso Fiorentino (Giovanni Battista di Jacopo; Florence, 1494 - Fontainebleau, 1540), one of the leading figures of Mannerism. The work, a Mado...
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