After more than two centuries, one of the most significant works in Perugia 's artistic history is returning to the city. From Oct. 1, 2025, to Jan. 7, 2026, the Museo del Capitolo of the Cathedral of San Lorenzo will host the exhibition The long-awa...
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The first major exhibition on Raphael in the United States: the Metropolitan Museum in New York announced it yesterday. It will run from March 29 to June 28, 2026 and will be titled Raphael: Sublime Poetry. This exhibition, curated by Carmen C. Bamba...
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After more than a year's absence, the Madonna del Baldacchino, one of Raphael Sanzio 's (Urbino, 1483 - Rome, 1520) masterpieces, returns to its Florentine home in the Pitti Palace. The imposing altarpiece, which measures 280x216 cm in its current co...
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From Nov. 6, 2024, to Jan. 12, 2025, Villa Farnesina in Rome presents the exhibition Il Seicento in Villa Farnesina, curated by Alessandro Zuccari and Virginia Lapenta, under the patronage of the Associazione Amici dell'Accademia dei Lincei, in colla...
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The identity of the young man seated in the foreground of Raphael's painting, known as Self-Portrait with Friend or Double Portrait, kept at the Musée du Louvre where it entered in 1792, has remained shrouded in mystery until now1. The scene d...
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An important drawing by Raphael (Urbino, 1483 - Rome, 1520) has been found: it is a study for the scene of the Battle of Ponte Milvio painted in the Vatican Stanze, specifically in the Hall of Constantine. It will be auctioned Oct. 25 by Dorotheum, w...
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Here we are again with Cardinal Scipione Borghese. He had this painting hastily taken from the Franciscan convent near Perugia by counting it on to the friars, telling them that it was too important a work to be guarded so poorly and would therefore ...
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Tucked away among the medieval alleys of Perugia, after a steep climb, is a quiet and little-known place, far from the routes of mass tourism, where it is possible to see two great masters of art history side by side, in comparison, namel...
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