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…
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The precious altarpiece of the Deposition of Christ, a 16th-century masterpiece by Rosso Fiorentino (Giovanni Battista di Jacopo; Florence, 1494 - Fontainebleau, 1540), has finally returned to Sansepolcro after seven years, during which it…
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Works and artists Ancient art Five hundred Florentine Red Mannerism Tuscany
One of the most beautiful, most evocative and most famous descriptions of Rosso Fiorentino's Deposition, the masterpiece by Giovanni Battista di Jacopo (Florence, 1494 - Fontainebleau, 1540) kept at the Pinacoteca Civica in Volterra, can…
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This year marks the five hundredth anniversary of the creation of Rosso Fiorentino's Deposition from the Cross, a masterpiece preserved in the Pinacoteca Comunale of Volterra. On this occasion, gallery owner Francesca Sacchi Tommasi has…
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News Focus Ancient art Bronzino Five hundred Florentine Red Giorgio Vasari Michelangelo Pontormo Raphael Renaissance
Starting today, Il Cinquecento a Firenze (The Sixteenth Century in Florence), the first audiobook series by Finestre sull'Arte, is on sale online. Eleven volumes, ten hours of storytelling to narrate the developments and…
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