Ancient art - Finestre sull'Arte

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Paris, young Perugino's Madonna and Child restored

Paris, young Perugino's Madonna and Child restored

One of the earliest testimonies to the art of Perugino (Pietro Vannucci; Città della Pieve, 1446 - Fontignano, 1523), returns to show itself in a renewed guise thanks to a conservation intervention that has restored legibility and luminosity t...
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The aesthetics of the unfinished: when art finds strength in the unfinished

The aesthetics of the unfinished: when art finds strength in the unfinished

There are works before which the gaze slows down, almost without realizing it. Not because of their obvious complexity, nor because of the richness of the details, but because of a more subtle feeling that is difficult to name: something seems to be ...
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Giovanni Bellini's restored Pietà returns to Rimini after New York exhibition

Giovanni Bellini's restored Pietà returns to Rimini after New York exhibition

The Pietà by Giovanni Bellini (Venice, c. 1430 - 1516) is returning to its native Rimini after winning over international audiences in the United States. In fact, the famous painting housed at the Museo della Città "Luigi Tonini" is ret...
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Arezzo, Andrea della Robbia's St. Sebastian restored

Arezzo, Andrea della Robbia's St. Sebastian restored

The National Museum of Medieval and Modern Art in Arezzo was presented with the restoration of Saint Sebastian, a refined glazed terracotta attributed to Andrea della Robbia (Florence, 1435 - 1525) and his workshop, datable to the early 16th century....
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Venice, Madonna del Parto by Jacopo Palma il Giovane restored

Venice, Madonna del Parto by Jacopo Palma il Giovane restored

The large altarpiece of the Madonna del Parto by Jacopo Palma il Giovane (Jacopo Negretti; Venice, 1549 - 1628), now located in the church of San Geremia in Venice, returns to the center of critical and historical attention after a conservation inter...
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Canaletto's Bucintoro on Ascension Day: the liturgy of the Republic of Venice

Canaletto's Bucintoro on Ascension Day: the liturgy of the Republic of Venice

There was a day in the year when Venice stopped being a city and became a bride. It happened duringAscension Day: forty days after Easter, during the "Feast of the Sensa" ("Sensa" is Ascension in Venetian), the Serenissima donned her richest clothes,...
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Lotto and Savoldo at the Royal Museums of Turin: the light of truth before Caravaggio

Lotto and Savoldo at the Royal Museums of Turin: the light of truth before Caravaggio

From May 30 to September 15, 2026, the Spazio Scoperte of the Royal Museums of Turin, on the second floor of the Galleria Sabauda, is hosting the exhibition La luce del vero prima di Caravaggio: Lotto e Savoldo, a dossier exhibition that compares two...
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Magnasco's Camaldolese Friars return to Genoa: artwork on display for Republic Day

Magnasco's Camaldolese Friars return to Genoa: artwork on display for Republic Day

The institutional celebrations for Republic Day in Genoa will coincide with the return of a Baroque work of art to the community. It is the oil-on-canvas painting depicting The Camaldolese Friars, executed by painter Alessandro Magnasco between 1716 ...
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