Padua - Finestre sull'Arte

Padua, dismantling of the Gattamelata monument has begun. Yesterday the descent of the condottiero, today of the horse

Yesterday, Wednesday, Oct. 8, the complex handling operations of the famous Equestrian Monument to Gattamelata by Donatello, a Renaissance masterpiece placed on the parvis of the Basilica of St. Anthony in Padua, began. After the descent of Erasmo da...
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Padua, 85 years after the last "descent" the Gattamelata will be lowered to the ground and leave the Basilica's churchyard

Eighty-five years after its last "descent," Erasmus of Narni, known as Gattamelata, and his horse leave the churchyard of St. Anthony's Basilica in Padua. In early October, at the end of about three years during which the statue has remained shrouded...
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The Paduan Historiated Bible, an illuminated masterpiece from the 14th century, returns to Padua

From October 17, 2025, to April 19, 2026, Padua will host a cultural event of exceptional significance: the exhibition La Bibbia Istoriata Padovana. The City and its Frescoes, staged in the Salone dei Vescovi of the Diocesan Museum. The initiative, p...
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Carpaccio's altarpiece returns to Slovenia: it had been moved to Padua in 1943 to save it from war

Vittore Carpaccio 's Madonna and Child Altarpiece returns to Slovenia, to the church of St. Francis in Piran, for which it was originally made in 1518. The work, which depicts the Virgin and Child with Saints Ambrose, Peter, Francis, Anthony, Clare, ...
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On display in Padua a never-before-seen Canova and works that testify to his relationship with the city

For technical and organizational reasons, the exhibition THE CANOVA NEVER SEEN. Works from the Episcopal Seminary and the Church of the Eremitani at the Diocesan Museum of Padua initially scheduled for fall 2024, has been postponed to March 2025. Cur...
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A vase by Antonio Canova never before exhibited is on display in Padua

From Nov. 30, 2024 to March 9, 2025, the Diocesan Museum of Padua will host the exhibition Il Canova mai visto (Canova Never Seen), curated by Andrea Nante, Elena Catra and Vittorio Pajusco. The beating heart of the exhibition is the Vaso cinerario d...
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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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Botanical Garden Museum of the University of Padua opens to the public.

On Feb. 13, the Botanical Garden Museum of the University of Padua opens to the public: a 500-square-meter itinerary that has been curated by scientific director Elena Canadelli. The museum aims to tell the story of botany and its relationship with m...
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