Ancient art - Finestre sull'Arte

Brescia Musei Foundation: presented the exhibition program 2026

Fondazione Brescia Musei has presented its cultural and artistic program for 2026, with a season ranging from exhibitions of international significance to projects to enhance the city's historical heritage. The official announcement took place Thursd...
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Rare Michelangelo study for Sistine Chapel sold at Christie's: record

New world record for a work by Michelangelo at auction: it happened at Christie's in New York, where a rare study for the Libyan Sibyl from the Sistine Chapel sold for $27.2 million (23.10 million euros). And to think that this figure was the result...
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World record for Artemisia Gentileschi: her self-portrait exceeds 5.6 million at Christie's

New world record for Artemisia Gentileschi. At Christie' s auction on Feb. 4, theSelf-Portrait as St. Catherine of Alexandria fetched a price of $5,687,000 (4.8 million euros), more than doubling the minimum estimate and marking the highest result ev...
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The Neptune of Lyon arrives in Rome: at the Barracco Museum one of the great bronzes from Roman Gaul

From Feb. 6 to June 7, 2026, the Giovanni Barracco Museum of Ancient Sculpture will host for the first time in Rome the statue of Neptune fromancient Lugdunum, present-day Lyon. The work comes to the capital thanks to a loan from the Lugdunum-Mus&eac...
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National Gallery of Washington acquires Artemisia Gentileschi's Magdalene

The National Gallery of Art in Washington has announced the acquisition of Magdalene in Ecstasy, a rare painting made around 1625 by Artemisia Gentileschi (Rome, 1593 - Naples, post-1654). The work, considered by scholars to be one of the pinnacles o...
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Rembrandt, a record-breaking lion: it is his most valuable drawing ever sold at auction

A drawing by Rembrandt van Rijn (Leiden, 1606 - Amsterdam, 1669) depicting a young lion has made art market history by becoming the Dutch artist's most expensive work on paper ever sold at auction. The sheet, known as Young lion resting ("Young lion...
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The incredible feat of Giovanni Pisano's pulpit: what the Pisa exhibition looks like

When there was the presentation to the press of the exhibition that the Opera della Primaziale of Pisa wanted to dedicate to the centenary of the relocation of Giovanni Pisano's pulpit in the cathedral, the piece that most attracted the attentions of...
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St. Galgano and the Sword in the Stone: history of the Hermitage of Montesiepi

In the silence of the Tuscan countryside stands a place where time seems to have crystallized in the exact moment of a medieval miracle. It is theHermitage of Montesiepi, located in the municipality of Chiusdino in the province of Siena, a religious-...
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