Ancient art

Venice, major discovery at Rialto: 16th century mural painting resurfaces on Grand Canal

In the heart of Venice, under the daily eyes of thousands of passersby and tourists, a forgotten fragment of history and art was hiding. Now, thanks to a careful and shared intervention, that fragment has returned to light. In fact, during restoratio...
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Naples, discovery of a 15th-century chapel under the cathedral

In Naples, the past comes alive again from the foundations of its history. In the lower level of the cathedral, hidden for decades behind a wall and concealed even from collective memory, a 15th-century chapel has been rediscovered. It is the Minutol...
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Uncovered in Austria an unpublished masterpiece by Luca Cambiaso. It will go to auction

A lost masterpiece by Luca Cambiaso (Moneglia, 1527 - El Escorial, 1585) resurfaces after centuries of oblivion and goes up for auction in Vienna at Dorotheum. It is a canvas depicting Diana and Callisto, and will be offered for sale on April 29, est...
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Important purchase for Arezzo National Museum: masterpiece by Poppi arrives

An important piece of Tuscan Mannerist painting returns to the heart of its homeland. As of today, the National Museum of Medieval and Modern Art in Arezzo can boast in its collections a valuable work by Francesco Morandini known as Poppi (Poppi, 154...
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The Taking of Christ attributed to Caravaggio is on display in Gorizia.

From April 3 to June 30, 2025, the "Smart Space" exhibition space of the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Gorizia welcomes a much-debated work: The Taking of Christ from the Ruffo Collection, a work that some scholars attribute to Caravaggio as part ...
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A Renaissance fresco reborn in Urbania. A restoration that could shed light on its author

A fresco tarnished by time, a fresco important to its city and its inhabitants, a fresco that has been revived thanks to careful restoration. We are talking about the restoration of the fresco of the Madonna and Child with Saints, a Renaissance work ...
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France, Douai museum announces discovery of a rare portrait of Lavinia Fontana

The Musée de la Chartreuse in Douai, northern France, announces that it has discovered what the institution says is an unpublished painting by Lavinia Fontana (Bologna, 1552 - Rome, 1614), one of the greatest painters of the 16th century. The ...
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Pompeii, attributed to Mantegna a newly discovered painting. It will go on display at the Vatican Museums

Is there an unpublished work by Andrea Mantegna in Pompeii? A discovery that was officially announced today by the Prelature of Pompeii is making noise: a Deposition of Christ preserved in the Pontifical Shrine of the Blessed Virgin of the Holy Rosar...
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From Venice, Andrea Mantegna's St. Sebastian on loan to Mantua's Ducal Palace

From April 12, 2025, the Doge's Palace in Mantua will welcome Andrea Mantegna 's Saint Sebastian from the Giorgio Franchetti Gallery at the Ca' d'Oro in Venice. Documented in 1506 at the heirs of the great painter, who painted it in the last years of...
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France, version of Guido Reni's Atalanta and Hippomenes resurfaces: search to see if it is autographed

A version of Guido Reni 'sAtalanta e Ippomene has resurfaced in France that, according to the museum that owns it, the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Libourne, Aquitaine, may be an autograph by the great Bolognese artist who, as'is known to have pai...
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The Three Graces, a masterpiece by Carlo Finelli, goes to the Tefaf in Maastricht

The Roman antiquarian gallery Antonacci Lapiccirella is bringing to the 2025 edition of the Maastricht Tefaf one of the most significant imarmoras groups by Carlo Finelli (Carrara, 1785 - Rome, 1853), who was among the greatest Neoclassical sculptors...
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Three heads that disappeared with time in Caravaggio's Martyrdom of St. Ursula resurfaced

At the Caravaggio 2025 exhibition inaugurated in Rome at Palazzo Barberini, curated by Francesca Cappelletti, Maria Cristina Terzaghi and Thomas Clement Salomon, and on view from March 7 to July 6, 2025, Merisi's last work, The Martyrdom of St. Ursul...
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Is there a new Donatello work in Slovakia? From Florence comes a cold shower

There has been much discussion in recent days about the possible attribution to Donatello of a long-neglected marble bust found in a small museum in a small town in Slovakia: we are talking about a portrait of a young woman kept at the Spiš Mu...
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Amsterdam, a rediscovered masterpiece by Maria van Oosterwijck arrives at the Rijksmuseum

The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam enriches its tour with a work of exceptional artistic and historical value: a still life by Maria van Oosterwijck (Nootdorp, 1630 - Uitdam, 1693), one of the most influential painters of the 17th century. The painting, ac...
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John of Rimini's Last Judgment to be restored: memorandum of understanding between municipality and diocese

With the official signing of the memorandum of understanding between the Mayor of Rimini Jamil Sadegholvaad and Bishop Nicolò Anselmi, the process of enhancing the value of one of the most important masterpieces of Rimini's artistic heritage, ...
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Florence, Michelangelo's tomb in Santa Croce restored

Florence pays tribute to Michelangelo on the 550th anniversary of his birth with the restoration of the Buonarroti family tombstone under which the famous artist rests. The work, promoted by theOpera di Santa Croce and conducted by theOpificio delle ...
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