Works and artists Ancient art Matthias Preti Six hundred
Abruptly extinguishing the yearning for freedom and the right to human and social dignity can sometimes have unimaginable repercussions, not always negative. Sometimes, in fact, abuse and deprivation can so shake the human soul that the…
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Works and artists Ancient art Baroque Caravaggio Malta Matthias Preti Six hundred
Among the few portraits executed by Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi; Milan, 1571 - Porto Ercole, 1610), one of the most interesting is a nearly two-meter-high canvas in the Louvre depicting Alof de Wignacourt (Flanders, 1547 - Valletta…
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Exhibition reviews Ancient art Matthias Preti Rome Six hundred
"He told me his brother Gregorio that in order to pull him along and keep him at painting it set himself to work for shopkeepers, who were then rich and made work, whereupon he worked for the coloraro Nasini alla Sapienza; which by the way…
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Opening Aug. 12, and running through Nov. 18, 2017, is the exhibition Guercino-Preti a confronto. The New Line of Baroque Art, which will compare the works of Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, better known as Guercino (Cento, 1591 - Bologna…
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