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An important "Madonna and Child" by Francesco Francia has been acquired by an American museum

An important "Madonna and Child" by Francesco Francia has been acquired by an American museum

A major acquisition for the Minneapolis Institute of Art (MIA), which has announced the acquisition of eight new works and collections intended to enrich its holdings, including a significant *Madonna and Child with Saint Francis* painted in 1503 by ...
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A book to discover the drawings by Neapolitan artists at the Prado: Viviana Farina’s book

A book to discover the drawings by Neapolitan artists at the Prado: Viviana Farina’s book

Neapolitan artists have crossed the Tyrrhenian Sea many times throughout history—with their canvases and panels, of course, but just as often, and perhaps even more so, with paper: sheets of drawings in pen, ink, and watercolor that passed from hand ...
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Correggio, the Allegories for Isabella

Correggio, the Allegories for Isabella

The author revisits here the article that appeared on January 31, 2022, in this same journal, but has now expanded it with the necessary in-depth analysis. This study of Correggio, in fact, focuses on that great Renaissance artist who embodied th...
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Caravaggio's Wine: What Does the Goblet Offered by the Uffizi's Bacchus Signify?

Caravaggio's Wine: What Does the Goblet Offered by the Uffizi's Bacchus Signify?

One could almost say that Caravaggio’s*Bacchus* (Michelangelo Merisi; Milan, 1571 – Porto Ercole, 1610), now housed in the Uffizi Gallery, is a 20th-century painting: for more than three centuries, in fact, the painting depicting the Ro...
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Galleries of Italy, Fall 2026 Exhibitions: Leonardo and His Legacy, Tiepolo, Kauffmann, and Vigée Le Brun

Galleries of Italy, Fall 2026 Exhibitions: Leonardo and His Legacy, Tiepolo, Kauffmann, and Vigée Le Brun

An autumn 2026 packed with exhibitions and cultural events awaits visitors to Intesa Sanpaolo’s Gallerie d’Italia. The venues in Milan, Naples, Turin, and Vicenza offer an exhibition program that ranges from the great tradition of Italian...
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Antonello da Messina’s *Ecce Homo*, purchased by the government, has been loaned to the CL Meeting

Antonello da Messina’s *Ecce Homo*, purchased by the government, has been loaned to the CL Meeting

It has barely arrived, and already it must leave: Antonello da Messina’s*Ecce Homo*, purchased by the Italian government last February for $14.9 million (approximately 12.6 million euros), and added to the exhibition at the MuNDA —the National ...
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The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam receives a rare book of 17th-century drawings as a gift

The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam receives a rare book of 17th-century drawings as a gift

The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam is expanding its Print Room Collection with an exceptional and rare work: the Van Eeghen Drawing Book, a book of drawings from the early 17th century that has remained in the same family for more than three hundred years....
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An exhibition in Florence on Artemisia Gentileschi and her time in Florence

An exhibition in Florence on Artemisia Gentileschi and her time in Florence

From October 21, 2026, through April 4, 2027, the Museo degli Innocenti in Florence will host a monographic exhibition entirely focused on the Florentine period of Artemisia Gentileschi (Rome, 1593 – Naples, after 1564). The exhibition aims to...
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