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Food in Tuscan Last Suppers: Symbols and Customs from the Painted Table

Anyone lookingat *The Last Supper* instinctively tends to focus on the central figures of the scene: Christ, the apostles, and the dramatic moment of the announcement of the betrayal. Yet, in the depictions created by14th-century (and Renaissance) Tu...
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A precious and rare miniature by Silvestro dei Gherarducci resurfaces at a Christie’s auction

One of the most important Italian miniatures to appear on the market in recent years will be the highlight of the “Valuable Books and Manuscripts including Cartography” auction, scheduled for July 8 at Christie’s. It is a monumental illuminated...
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The Ark of St. Augustine in Pavia, a masterpiece of Italian Gothic sculpture

Located in Pavia, inside the basilica of San Pietro in Ciel d'Oro, is one of the pinnacles of Italian Gothic sculpture: theArk of St. Augustine. This imposing cenotaph (i.e., a funerary monument not intended to hold the remains of the deceased, as it...
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At the Prado in Madrid, an exhibition investigates Italian influence in late medieval Spanish art

ThePrado Museum in Madrid will host, from May 26 to September 20, 2026, the exhibition Alla maniera italiana. Spain and the Mediterranean Gothic, 1320-1420, curated by Joan Molina Figueras, head of the collection of European painting up to 1500. Und...
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Traini's Crucifixion returns to Pisa Cemetery with new conservation technologies

Seventy years after its detachment imposed by World War II damage, Francesco Traini 's Crucifixion returns to its original place on the wall of the Monumental Cemetery in Piazza del Duomo in Pisa. TheOpera della Primaziale Pisana has organized a stud...
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Altenberg Madonna enters Städel Museum: a historic acquisition for the museum

One of the most important acquisitions in the history of the Städel Museum in Frankfurt, a watershed moment for the knowledge and enjoyment ofmedieval art in Germany: thus was presented this morning the acquisition of the Madonna and Child Enthr...
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Perugia celebrates Giotto and St. Francis with a major exhibition

From March 14 to June 14, 2026, the National Gallery of Umbria in Perugia celebrates the800th anniversary of the death of St. Francis of Assisi with the major exhibition Giotto and St. Francis. A Revolution in Fourteenth-Century Umbria, curated by Ve...
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Genoa hosts the first major exhibition entirely dedicated to St. George

Until March 1, 2026, the Falcone Theater of the Royal Palace in Genoa is hosting the exhibition San Giorgio. The Journey of a Knightly Saint from the East to Genoa, curated by Alessandra Guerrini and Luca Leoncini, Anna Manzitti, Gianluca Zanelli wit...
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