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Turin, Legnanino's Belisario returns to Palazzo Carignano after more than three centuries

Turin, Legnanino's Belisario returns to Palazzo Carignano after more than three centuries

More than three centuries later, the Apartments of the Princes of Palazzo Carignano in Turin will once again host the painting Belisarius Asks for Alms by Stefano Maria Legnani, known as Legnanino (Milan, 1661 - 1713), from December 2025 to January 6...
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Pompeii recovers a valuable fresco that was in the U.S. in a private collection

Pompeii recovers a valuable fresco that was in the U.S. in a private collection

A fragment of a fresco from the suburban villa of Civita Giuliana, north of Pompeii, has returned to the availability of Pompeii Archaeological Park after being spotted within a private collection in the United States. The work depicts Hercules as a ...
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USA, Smithsonian returns three Cambodian sculptures to their country of origin

USA, Smithsonian returns three Cambodian sculptures to their country of origin

The Smithsonian 's National Museum of Asian Art in Washington , U.S., has announced the return of three Cambodian sculptures to the Kingdom of Cambodia, marking the museum's first repatriation under the "Shared Management and Ethical Return Policy" a...
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A Rembrandt print sold for over 3 million at auction: it is the most expensive ever

A Rembrandt print sold for over 3 million at auction: it is the most expensive ever

The most expensive antique print in history was sold at Christie's in London last December 3: the extraordinary sale was recorded in the third session of the auction The Sam Josefowitz Collection: Graphic Masterpieces by Rembrandt van Rijn, which bey...
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Madonna del Latte by the Master of the Rinuccini Chapel restored

Madonna del Latte by the Master of the Rinuccini Chapel restored

The fresco Madonna del Latte with Child between Saints John the Baptist and Bartholomew is back on view in the Florentine church of Sant'Ambrogio after a restoration supported by Friends of Florence and carried out by Cristina Napolitano under the Hi...
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At the Royal Palace of Caserta the open-site restoration of a monumental painting from the Farnese Fasti

At the Royal Palace of Caserta the open-site restoration of a monumental painting from the Farnese Fasti

As of December 10, 2025, the open-site restoration of the large painting The Departure of Elisabeth Farnese from Parma after her wedding kicks off in the Fasti Farnesiani gallery room of the Royal Palace of Caserta. This work represents, in the image...
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Metropolitan Museum returns capital with head of Archangel Michael to Turkey

Metropolitan Museum returns capital with head of Archangel Michael to Turkey

A marble capital depicting Archangel Michael, one of the most remarkable examples of late Byzantine art, has been returned by the United States to Turkey. The official announcement of the return was released by Turkey's Ministry of Culture and Touris...
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The Complex of the Pilotta in Parma acquires an album of engravings by Petitot and Bodoni

The Complex of the Pilotta in Parma acquires an album of engravings by Petitot and Bodoni

The Monumental Complex of the Pilotta in Parma has announced the acquisition of the Collection of Branches Engraved on Various Occasions by the Regio-Ducal Court of Parma, an album made in 1791 by Ennemond Alexandre Petitot (Lyon, 1727 - Parma, 1801)...
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An early work by Artemisia Gentileschi has been acquired by a Spanish foundation: exhibition in Madrid

An early work by Artemisia Gentileschi has been acquired by a Spanish foundation: exhibition in Madrid

In Spain , an important acquisition for the María Cristina Masaveu Peterson Foundation (FMCMP) in Madrid, which recently enriched its collection by securing on the international market a work by Artemisia Gentileschi (Rome, 1593- Naples, after...
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Genoa, Mathias Stom's Nativity returns to life: painting discovered a year ago restored

Genoa, Mathias Stom's Nativity returns to life: painting discovered a year ago restored

Genoa rediscovers a forgotten part of its artistic heritage through the return to light of the Nativity of Jesus Christ, a splendid painting by the Dutch painter Mathias Stom, or Mathias Stomer (Amersfoort, c. 1600 - Sicily, after 1650), a central fi...
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Bellini's Pietà finally restored returns to Venice after 70 years, in dialogue with Mantegna

Bellini's Pietà finally restored returns to Venice after 70 years, in dialogue with Mantegna

An important masterpiece of the Venetian Renaissance returns to Venice after more than 70 years. The Pietà, or Dead Christ Supported by Four Angels, by Giovanni Bellini (Venice, c. 1430 - 1516), housed at the City Museum in Rimini, is presente...
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Rubens found in France auctioned for over 2.9 million euros

Rubens found in France auctioned for over 2.9 million euros

The Christ on the Cross attributed to Pieter Paul Rubens was sold Nov. 30 at auction by Osenat at the Hôtel des Ventes du Château in Versailles for more than 2.9 million euros, registering one of the most notable bargains of the Tableaux ...
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France, record at auction for Guido Reni: the David sold for 12.4 million euros

France, record at auction for Guido Reni: the David sold for 12.4 million euros

Record highs at auction for a Guido Reni painting with adjudication at 10,100,000 euros, rising to 12.4 million with royalties, for the David with the Head of Goliath thatresurfaced last June and went to auction yesterday at Artcurial in Paris, star...
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Michelangelo's lost drawing for the Sistine Chapel resurfaces, to be auctioned in 2026

Michelangelo's lost drawing for the Sistine Chapel resurfaces, to be auctioned in 2026

A drawing by Michelangelo (Caprese, 1475 - Rome, 1564) for the Sistine Chapel vault emerges on the market: it is a rare and recently discovered sheet, and is one of the few drawings by the Tuscan artist still in private hands. It is, moreover, the on...
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Coming from Budapest to Rome, at Palazzo Barberini, Giorgione's Portrait of a Young Man

Coming from Budapest to Rome, at Palazzo Barberini, Giorgione's Portrait of a Young Man

From Nov. 29, 2025 to March 8, 2026, the National Galleries of Ancient Art at Palazzo Barberini in Rome will welcome, under the curatorship of Michele Di Monte, the celebrated Portrait of a Young Man, also known as Portrait of Antonio Brocardo and at...
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Brescia, start of restoration of Moretto's Assumption in the Duomo Vecchio

Brescia, start of restoration of Moretto's Assumption in the Duomo Vecchio

On Monday, November 24, 2025, thestart of the restoration of the large altarpiece depicting theAssumption of the Virgin by Alessandro Bonvicino, known as il Moretto (Brescia, 1492/1495 - 1554), a masterpiece created between 1524 and 1526 and placed f...
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