Lavinia Fontana - Finestre sull'Arte

Buy for little money a portrait in Texas: it was a precious miniature by Lavinia Fontana

A miniature by Lavinia Fontana (Bologna, 1552 - Rome, 1614) has resurfaced after two hundred years of oblivion: credit for the discovery goes to English antiquarian Nick Cox, owner of the Period Portraits gallery, which specializes in antique portrai...
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In 2025 at the San Domenico Civic Museum in Forli a major exhibition on artist's portrait and self-portrait

With the major exhibition The Portrait of the Artist. In the Mirror of Narcissus. The Face, the Mask, the Selfie, curated by Cristina Acidini, Fernando Mazzocca, Francesco Parisi and Paola Refice, the Fondazione Cassa dei Risparmi di Forlì and...
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An exhibition in Bologna recounts the bond between the masters of Felsine painting and the literati of the time

From November 16, 2024 to February 16, 2025, the Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna will host the exhibition La favola di Atalanta. Guido Reni and the Poets, curated by Giulia Iseppi, Raffaella Morselli and Maria Luisa Pacelli, in the Salone degli Incam...
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At Palazzo Braschi, an exhibition pays homage to women artists active in Rome between the 16th and 19th centuries

From October 25, 2024 to March 23, 2025, the Museo di Roma in Palazzo Braschi hosts the exhibition Roma Pittrice. Women artists at work between the 16th and 19th centuries, curated by Ilaria Miarelli Mariani (director of the Direzione Musei Civici So...
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An exhibition in Modena hosts portraits made from the 16th to the 20th century

The Cantore antiques gallery in Modena is hosting until June 29 the exhibition Volti. Italian Portraits from the 16th to the 20th Century, dedicated to portrait collecting. The emotions conveyed by portraits from any era, up to the present day, make ...
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A rare family portrait of Lavinia Fontana acquired by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Remarkable acquisition by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco , which on May 1 announced the acquisition of a significant work by Lavinia Fontana (Bologna, 1522 - Rome, 1614), the Ritratto di Bianca degli Utili Maselli e dei suoi figli, a rare and...
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Bologna, important painting by Lavinia Fontana restored at Pinacoteca Nazionale

In Bologna , the restoration of an important painting by Lavinia Fontana (Bologna, 1552 - Rome, 1614), theApparition of the Madonna and Child to Saints Catherine of Alexandria, Margaret, Agnes, Ursula and Barbara, kept at the Pinacoteca Nazionale di ...
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Bologna, finishes the restoration of Lavinia Fontana's Judith

Next Wednesday, April 5, at 11 a.m., the Civic Museums of Ancient Art of Bologna are organizing an event open to all to present the restoration of Lavinia Fontana 's Judith with the Head of Holofernes (Bologna, 1552 - Rome, 1614), preserved at the Mu...
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