Renaissance - Finestre sull'Arte

Michelangelo's lost drawing for the Sistine Chapel resurfaces, to be auctioned in 2026

A drawing by Michelangelo (Caprese, 1475 - Rome, 1564) for the Sistine Chapel vault emerges on the market: it is a rare and recently discovered sheet, and is one of the few drawings by the Tuscan artist still in private hands. It is, moreover, the on...
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Brescia, start of restoration of Moretto's Assumption in the Duomo Vecchio

On Monday, November 24, 2025, thestart of the restoration of the large altarpiece depicting theAssumption of the Virgin by Alessandro Bonvicino, known as il Moretto (Brescia, 1492/1495 - 1554), a masterpiece created between 1524 and 1526 and placed f...
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The time of writing: the BPER Gallery explores images of knowledge from the Renaissance to the present day

The BPER Gallery in Modena is hosting from September 19, 2025 to February 8, 2026 the exhibition The Time of Writing. Images of Knowledge from the Renaissance to the Present, curated by Stefania De Vincentis from an idea by Francesca Cappelletti, und...
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Raphael's first work is the Banner of Città di Castello: scholar's confirmation

The path of restoration of the Stendardo della Santissima Trinità by Raphael (Urbino, 1483 - Rome, 1520), housed in the Pinacoteca comunale of Città di Castello, enters a decisive phase with a visit to theIstituto Centrale per il Restau...
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Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Terni e Narni puts its collection on display

The Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Terni e Narni presents its collection with the exhibition Art Collection. From Signorelli to Burri, which can be visited from December 12, 2025 to March 1, 2026 in the rooms of Palazzo Montani Leoni in Terni. The ...
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Boccaccio Boccaccino's luminous renaissance: what the Cremona exhibition looks like

On September 27, 2023, a painting depicting two saints, a bishop and a portrait of the patron made its appearance at theMillon auction held in Cremona: it was the only surviving fragment of Boccaccio Boccaccino's so-called Fodri Altarpiece. Also know...
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U.S. transfer for Giovanni Bellini's Pieta from Rimini City Museum

U.S. transfer for Rimini's Bellini. In fact, from January 15 to April 19, 2026, Giovanni Bellini 's Pietà preserved at the Museo della Città di Rimini will be exhibited for the first time in the United States: the exhibition will be hel...
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A nightmare for Botticelli. If the painter is accused of inventing feminicide.

As of October 19, 2025, French radio stations are broadcasting Un mauvais rêve de SandroBotticelli (A Bad Dream of Botticelli https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceculture/podcasts/allons-y-voir/un-mauvais-reve-de-sandro-botticelli-6063000). The fir...
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