The Städel Museum in Frankfurt has pulled off a major coup by acquiring an important portrait by Guido Reni ( Bologna, 1575–1642)—that of Cardinal Giacomo Sannesi. The work, which had long been incorrectly attributed, was…
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A wooden bridge spans a body of water, connecting the banks of an imaginary landscape dominated by a ruined Renaissance arch and a pavilion. Not far away, a circular tower can be seen, while a boat carries a man wrapped in a cloak and a…
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To understand what Baroque painting was like in Trentino between the 17th and 18th centuries, one must consider an artist who, despite the vastness of his body of work, remained on the margins of scholarly research for a long time…
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Two virtually unknown paintings by Boccaccio Boccaccino (Ferrara, before 1466 – Cremona, 1525) have come back into the spotlight among scholars and are now set to enrich the body of work of one of the leading figures of the…
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Exhibition reviews Ancient art Five hundred Florence Mannerism Pontormo Quirinal Stables Rome Tuscany
To his contemporaries, the frescoes that Pontormo painted in Florence on the walls of the choir of San Lorenzo must have seemed an extreme, laborious expression of defiance— that “negative Sistine Chapel,” as Luciano Berti had…
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Travel Ancient art Bologna Emilia Romagna Museums
Along the roads that cross the Po Valley, Bologna has always been much more than just a stopover: since ancient times, the city can be considered a sort of living hinge, a restless crossroads where people, ideas, and artistic visions have…
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An important addition to the Tosio Martinengo Art Gallery in Brescia: a painting depicting the Good Samaritan by Girolamo Romanino has been loaned to the Brescia Museums Foundation by the Tassara Foundation. The scene depicts one of the…
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The restoration of the *Tondo dei due Fratelli*—a painting from the mid-2nd century A.D. housed at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo—was unveiled in Cairo. Originating from Antinoopolis in Middle Egypt, the work will be on display for the first…
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