Mannerism - Finestre sull'Arte

Pontormo's Diary: What Did an Artist Eat in the 16th Century?

Anyone who opens the pages of the diary that Pontormo (Jacopo Carucci; Pontorme di Empoli, 1494 – Florence, 1557) kept during the final years of his life, from January 7, 1554, to October 23, 1556, is confronted with a unique text: not a narrat...
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Pontormo on Display in Rome: The First Major Retrospective at the Scuderie del Quirinale

It will be the first major solo exhibition ever dedicated to Jacopo da Pontormo ( Pontorme di Empoli, 1494 – Florence, 1557). From October 9, 2026, to February 7, 2027, the Scuderie del Quirinale in Rome will host a major exhibition dedicated t...
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Parma: The Pilotta Hosts the First Exhibition Dedicated to Giorgio Gandini del Grano

From October 17, 2026, to January 17, 2027, the Pilotta Monumental Complex in Parma will host the first major monographic exhibition dedicated to Giorgio Gandini del Grano (Parma, 1498 – 1538), one of the most fascinating and, at the same time,...
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Giorgio Vasari beyond the Lives: what the exhibition at the Capitoline Museums in Rome looks like

A chamber exhibition. It comes to be called that, borrowing the lexicon of chamber music: that designed for small ensembles and intimate spaces, more living rooms than concert halls. This is the hallmark of the exhibition Vasari and Rome, curated by ...
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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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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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Genoa, six apostles from a precious Procaccini cycle reunited after 350 years

Six canvases reunited after more than 350 years: it happens in Genoa, where from March 7 to July 19, 2026, the Strada Nuova Museums presents the exhibition Giulio Cesare Procaccini. The Apostles Reunited, set up in the rooms of Palazzo Rosso. The exh...
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