Pompeo Batoni - Finestre sull'Arte

From Madrid to Bologna, important portrait by Pompeo Batoni arrives at Davia Bargellini Museum on loan

A celebrated protagonist of 18th-century European painting arrives in Bologna from Feb. 16 to April 7, 2024: he is Pompeo Girolamo Batoni (Lucca, 1708 - Rome, 1787), whose Portrait of Countess Maria Benedetta di San Martino from the Museo Nacional Th...
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Pompeo Batoni returns to Lucca: the Prometheus and Atalanta on display in the artist's hometown

From June 18 to October 2, 2022, two important canvases that recently entered the Collection of the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Lucca, which purchased them to return them to the area, will be on display for free to the public in the Church of Sa...
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What motivates people to collect works of art? The exhibition at the Carlo Orsi Gallery in Milan

From Oct. 21 to Nov. 5, 2021, Galleria Carlo Orsi, in its premises at 14 Via Bagutta in Milan, is hosting the exhibition A caccia di Farfalle. The Spirit of the Collector, an exhibition that, by connecting to the important collecting histories of the...
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Lucca, on display for the first time Vincenzo Civitali's two plates from the CRL Foundation

The treasures of the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Lucca will be unveiled to the public Oct. 2-31 in the rooms of the Sala dell'Affresco at the Complesso di San Micheletto (a venue never before used), with free admission. The exhibition, titled Be...
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The state has acquired 151 works in the past two years, from Bernardo Strozzi to Courbet and Carrà

There are 151 works that the state has acquired in the past two years (for a total expenditure of nearly 4 million euros -- 3,891,900 to be exact) by allocating them to public museums. These are mainly paintings but also sculptures, drawings, photogr...
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Pompeo Batoni and the 18th century in Milan: fifth dialogue opens at Brera

It will start next June 8 and will last until October 1, the fifth appointment with the successful series of the Dialogues of the Pinacoteca di Brera, the exhibitions that the museum, under the direction of James Bradburne, is organizing on the occas...
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