Mannerism - Finestre sull'Arte

Louvre restores Giuseppe Arcimboldo's Four Seasons

Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Spring (1573; oil on canvas; Paris, Louvre). © 2024 GrandPalaisRmn (Museé du Louvre). Photo: Adrien Didierjean Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Summer (1573; oil on canvas; Paris, Louvre). © 2024 GrandPalaisRmn (Muse&...
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A rare family portrait of Lavinia Fontana acquired by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Remarkable acquisition by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco , which on May 1 announced the acquisition of a significant work by Lavinia Fontana (Bologna, 1522 - Rome, 1614), the Ritratto di Bianca degli Utili Maselli e dei suoi figli, a rare and...
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Arezzo, a rich program of exhibitions to celebrate Giorgio Vasari 450 years after his death

Arezzo is preparing to celebrate one of its greatest sons, Giorgio Vasari (Arezzo, 1511 - Florence, 1574) on the 450th anniversary of his death, with a long schedule of dedicated events: Arezzo. The City of Vasari, this is the name of the program, is...
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Florence, finishes restoration of spectacular Cave of the Animals at Villa Medicea di Castello

In Florence , the restoration of the Grotta degli animali (Cave of the Animals ) in the Garden of the Medici Villa of Castello is coming to an end.The work, the first phase of which began in 2012, has seen its conclusion just as the 450th anniversary...
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Sansepolcro, restoration of Rosso Fiorentino's Deposition ends after seven years

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 underwent ...
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Precious Alexandria: an exhibition on the city crossroads of the arts between the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries

Alexandria as an important crossroads of the arts between the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, a meeting place for artists from different parts of Europe, a significant center for the dissemination of Counter-Reformation art, as well as a center ...
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Bologna, important painting by Lavinia Fontana restored at Pinacoteca Nazionale

In Bologna , the restoration of an important painting by Lavinia Fontana (Bologna, 1552 - Rome, 1614), theApparition of the Madonna and Child to Saints Catherine of Alexandria, Margaret, Agnes, Ursula and Barbara, kept at the Pinacoteca Nazionale di ...
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The Portrait of a Lady in Red: at the origins of Bronzino's portraiture

For a long time the scientific community has been wondering about the identity of the lady depicted in the Portrait of a Lady in Red, one of the masterpieces of the Städel Museum in Frankfurt. But it has also long wondered about the identity of ...
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