Renaissance - Finestre sull'Arte

A famous Ecce Homo by Antonello da Messina at auction at Sotheby's: estimate of 15 million

It is sure to be one of the most important auctions of the year: an Ecce Homo by Antonello da Mess ina (Messina, c. 1430 - 1479) will go on sale at Sotheby 's in New York on February 5, with an estimate of €10-15 million. This is a rare sale that a...
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All the portraits of Jan van Eyck reunited for the first time: will happen in 2026 in London

For the first time in history, all portraits painted by Jan van Eyck (Maaseik, 1390 - Bruges, 1441) will be brought together in a single exhibition. It will happen at the National Gallery in London, which from Nov. 21, 2026 to April 11, 2027 will hos...
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In autumn 2026, the Uffizi Galleries will dedicate a major and historic exhibition to Lorenzo the Magnificent

This fall 2026 the Uffizi Galleries will present Magnifico 1492, a major exhibition dedicated to Lorenzo the Magnificent, the most celebrated figure of the Medici dynasty. The exhibition aims to be an authentic and detailed reconstruction, the most e...
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Jacopo Bassano's rhetoric-free Nativity that anticipated Caravaggio

The happy event has taken place: the Virgin lifts two flaps of the white cloth covering the cradle inside which lies the sleeping newborn Child, to reveal Him to the shepherds who have come to adore Him along with their lambs, an ox and a dog. One, ...
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Louvre, a Lombard Renaissance masterpiece is reborn: the Portal of Palazzo Stanga

After more than a century of display in the halls of the Louvre's sculpture department, where Michelangelo's Prisoners are located, the Portal of Palazzo Stanga, a 15th-century masterpiece attributed to Pietro da Rho (Rho, c. 1465-after 1513) and com...
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In Sardinia, in Ulassai, an exhibition places Albrecht Dürer and Maria Lai in dialogue because of the evocative value of the sign

From Dec. 13, 2025 to March 15, 2026, the Art Station and the CaMuC Museum in Ulassai will welcome The Breath of a Journey, an exhibition that aims to bring Albrecht Dürer and Maria Lai into dialogue. Although five centuries apart, the two artis...
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Pinturicchio's Madonna of Peace and textile art in dialogue at Brescia Diocesan Museum

The Diocesan Museum of Brescia offers a symbolic reflection through the dialogue between great Renaissance painting and textile art. It happens with Adoremus, one of the most anticipated events in the museum's exhibition calendar, which, for its fift...
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Andrea del Sarto's Madonna of the Harpies: symbols and theology behind the monsters

We owe to Giorgio Vasari the title by which one of Andrea del Sarto 's (Andrea d'Agnolo; Florence, 1486 - 1530) greatest masterpieces is known, the Madonna of the Harpies, a panel more than two meters high that is kept in the Uffizi and is placed at ...
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