Among the countless commentators on Correggio, I like to choose the sincere definition given by Édouard Pommier in a personal autograph letter to me in August 2006, where he considers him "an immense artist." Such a judgment coming from the then...
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A painting attributed to Federico Barocci ( Urbino, 1535–1612), which has resurfaced in Munich at the Hampel auction house, could add a new and valuable piece to our understanding of the Urbino artist’s work. The painting, from a private ...
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A major acquisition for the Minneapolis Institute of Art (MIA), which has announced the acquisition of eight new works and collections intended to enrich its holdings, including a significant *Madonna and Child with Saint Francis* painted in 1503 by ...
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The author revisits here the article that appeared on January 31, 2022, in this same journal, but has now expanded it with the necessary in-depth analysis. This study of Correggio, in fact, focuses on that great Renaissance artist who embodied th...
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Pompeii and the Renaissance might seem like two historical realities that are worlds apart and difficult to connect. Recent discoveries made inthe Insula Meridionalis area, however, seem to tell a different story. Certain materials and ceramic artifa...
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It has barely arrived, and already it must leave: Antonello da Messina’s*Ecce Homo*, purchased by the Italian government last February for $14.9 million (approximately 12.6 million euros), and added to the exhibition at the MuNDA —the National ...
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The theft of the two panels by Antonello da Messina from the “Maria Accascina” Regional Museum in Messina—the MuMe—is not merely the removal of two works of great value. It is an incident that directly affects an essential part of Western...
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What do we know so far about the theft of Antonello da Messina’s panels from the “Maria Accascina” Regional Museum (MuMe) in Messina? Four panels were stolen from the museum: the central panel of the San Gregorio Polyptych, depicting the ...
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