Mannerism - Finestre sull'Arte

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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Palazzo Chigi Piccolomini at Postierla: the great sixteenth century in Siena

The image of Siena is usually associated with its medieval past, but in fact in the urban fabric of the city one can still breathe the air of its Renaissance, and in particular, at the corner of Piazza Postierla and Via del Capitano, stands one of t...
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Bartolomeo Cesi, Bologna rediscovers the poet of silence: what the Civic Museum exhibition looks like

In order to enter the ascetic universe of Bartolomeo Cesi it is necessary to abandon on the threshold any sort of prejudice connected with the times and places in which he painted, it is necessary to clear one's mind of any preconception about the ar...
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Mantua, the Chamber of Cupid and Psyche shines: the masterpiece returns to view after restoration

Mantua rediscovers one of its masterpieces: the ceiling of the famous Chamber of Cupid and Psyche in Palazzo Te. The impressive pictorial cycle, the work of Giulio Romano and his workshop, created between 1526 and 1528, has been the subject of an ext...
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Parmigianino's self-portrait on display at Parma's Pilotta (or maybe not)

From Oct. 18, 2025 to Jan. 11, 2026, the Complesso monumentale della Pilotta in Parma opens to the public, in Room 14 of the National Gallery, a dossier exhibition that invites a direct comparison between two rarely seen works kept in the museum's st...
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