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Stolen art recovered: 15th-century miniature returns to Rome's Aracoeli

A 15th-century illuminated page, stolen in the 1980s from the Franciscan convent of Santa Maria in Aracoeli (Rome), was returned to its place of origin during a ceremony held this morning in the Roman basilica. The rededication, which took place on O...
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Holy Trinity from Lorenzo Monaco to Beato Angelico: the secret workshop of the Renaissance

The major 2025 exhibition on Fra Angelico in Florence (Palazzo Strozzi and Museo di San Marco, Sept. 26, 2025 to Jan. 25, 2026) had, among others, the merit of offering the public, in the first room of Palazzo Strozzi, a kind of ideal reconstruction ...
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Padua, 85 years after the last "descent" the Gattamelata will be lowered to the ground and leave the Basilica's churchyard

Eighty-five years after its last "descent," Erasmus of Narni, known as Gattamelata, and his horse leave the churchyard of St. Anthony's Basilica in Padua. In early October, at the end of about three years during which the statue has remained shrouded...
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Fra Angelico in Florence reaches over 10,000 visitors in first week of opening

In its first week of opening, the Beato Angelico exhibition set up between Palazzo Strozzi and Museo di San Marco in Florence has already registered more than 10,000 visitors. The exhibition, produced in collaboration with the National Museums Tusca...
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Florence, major Beato Angelico exhibition presented between Palazzo Strozzi and Museum of San Marco

Opening to the public on Sept. 26, 2025, is the major exhibition Beato Angelico, presented today by the Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi and the Museo di San Marco in Florence, dedicated to one of the most representative artists of 15th-centuryartand among...
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Antoine de Lonhy's Archangel Michael returns to Piedmont thanks to two Turin merchants

An important page in the history of 15th-century Piedmontese art has been enriched with a new chapter after the auction sale of Antoine de Lonhy'sArchangel Michael, a gold ground panel of extraordinary refinement recently resurfaced from a Swiss priv...
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Siena, a rare early 15th-century wooden crucifix returns to view restored. Attributed to little-documented artist

A rare example of early 15th-century wooden sculpture has returned to public view: it is the large wooden crucifix attributed to Alberto di Betto d'Assisi, now on display in theOratory of San Bernardino, home of the Diocesan Museum of Siena. Coming ...
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In Lucchesia, a restoration resurfaces a forgotten Renaissance fresco

An important fragment of Lucca and Tuscan art history resurfaces from the walls of the church of San Martino in Migliano, a hamlet in the municipality of Camaiore, Valfreddana, a few kilometers from Lucca. It is here that, following restoration, a fr...
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