Five hundred - Finestre sull'Arte

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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Vatican Museums resurface a work by El Greco

The Vatican Museums let it be known that they have found a work by El Greco (Domínikos Theotokópoulos; Candia, 1541 - Toledo, 1614) hitherto unknown because it was misunderstood: it is a Redeemer , which is now on display at thePapal Pa...
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Two exhibitions at the Borghese Gallery between Renaissance and Baroque: Penni and Provenzale

From March 17 to May 10, 2026, the Galleria Borghese in Rome will restart its dossier exhibition program with two research projects dedicated to works from the collection and important moments in the museum's history. The exhibitions, entitled Return...
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On the scaffolding of Michelangelo's Last Judgment: how the colors of the masterpiece are reborn

The action is quick and painless, the result immediate and comforting under the magnificent vault of the Sistine Chapel. That veil of white that has thickened exclusively over Michelangelo's Last Judgment, dulling the 391 figures painted by the maste...
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Is the Pieta popping up in Belgium by Michelangelo? No: here's what you need to know

After the case of the bust of Sant'Agnese fuori le Mura, the last few days a new proposed attribution to Michelangelo Buonarroti (Caprese, 1475 - Rome, 1564) concerning a painting depicting a Pieta has rekindled the interest of scholars and observers...
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From Vienna to Rome: over fifty masterpieces from the Kunsthistorisches Museum for the first time in Italy

From March 6 to July 5, 2026, the Museo del Corso-Museum Pole in Rome, at the Palazzo Cipolla, welcomes for the first time in Italy more than fifty masterpieces from the collections of the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, to tell the story of a co...
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Paris, a painting by Caroto discovered: important addition to the Veronese painter's catalog

A major discovery for 16th-century Veronese painting emerges in Paris, where the young Galerie Duponchel is opening its first exhibition devoted to Old Masters drawings and paintings. The exhibition, hosted from March 21-30, 2026 in the spaces of Gal...
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Raphael and Aid's Visitation returns to L'Aquila after nearly 400 years, on display at 16th-century castle

After nearly four centuries, the Visitation attributed to Raphael, Giulio Romano and Giovanni Francesco Penni is returning to L'Aquila. The painting returns to the Abruzzo capital, marking one of the most important events in the program of L'Aquila I...
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