Medieval art - Finestre sull'Arte

Siena, Sassetta work discovered. It is on display in Massa Marittima

There is also an unpublished work at the exhibition on Sassetta (Stefano di Giovanni, active in Siena from 1423 to 1450) being held in Massa Marittima, at the Museo di San Pietro all'Orto, from March 15 to July 14, 2024. In fact, a new work by the Si...
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In Perugia for the first time an exhibition on the Master of St. Francis

For the first time, a major exhibition attempts to reconstruct the figure of the Master of St. Francis, one of the greatest artists of the thirteenth century, on the level of a Giunta Pisano or a Cimabue for that matter, painters to whom the anonymou...
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The Greccio nativity scene of St. Francis according to Giotto

In one of the scenes frescoed by Giotto in the cycle of the Stories of St. Francis that adorns the walls of the Upper Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi, one can see the saint, kneeling in front of a kind of box, with a child in his hands: this is the...
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Two tablets by Pietro Lorenzetti found in France. They will go to auction

French auction house Tajan announces that it has rediscovered two important works by Pietro Lorenzetti (Siena, c. 1280 - 1348): these are two poplar wood tablets, depicting St. Sylvester and St. Helena, from the former Ramé Collection. They we...
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Rimini, important 14th-century frescoes unearthed in Verucchio

Unveiled this morning in Verucchio (Rimini) are the 14th-century frescoes that were discovered two years ago in the church of Santa Croce in Villa Verucchio, attributed to Pietro da Rimini (Rimini, documented between 1324 and 1338) and his workshop....
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Siena, finishes restoration of Ambrogio Lorenzetti's Cross of Carmine

After three years of work, the restoration of the Cross of Carmine by Ambrogio Lorenzetti (Siena, 1290 - 1348) in Siena ends, and it can finally make its way back to the Pinacoteca Nazionale di Siena after intervention directed and coordinated by the...
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The spectacle of the Baptistery of Padua: the frescoes of Giusto de' Menabuoi

Inside the Baptistery of Pad ua is preserved one of the masterpieces of Paduan painting from the second half of the 14th century. The realization of the pictorial decoration of the sacred building was entrusted to the Florentine painter Giusto de' Me...
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Florence, Academy Gallery acquires important medieval painted cross

A new work joins the collections of the Accademia Gallery in Florence. In fact, the Florentine museum purchased, during the 2022 edition of the Florence Biennale Internazionale dell'Antiquariato held at Palazzo Corsini, a painted crucifix dating back...
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