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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

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

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 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

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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Why the theft of Antonello da Messina's paintings is such a huge loss

The theft of the two panels by Antonello da Messina from the “Maria Accascina” Regional Museum in Messina—the MuMe—is not merely the removal of two works of great value. It is an incident that directly affects an essential part of Western...
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The Theft of the Antonello da Messina Painting: What We Know So Far

What do we know so far about the theft of Antonello da Messina’s panels from the “Maria Accascina” Regional Museum (MuMe) in Messina? Four panels were stolen from the museum: the central panel of the San Gregorio Polyptych, depicting the ...
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Correggio's "Madonna of Saint Sebastian" Is Being Restored in Dresden

Correggio’s *Madonna of Saint Sebastian* (Antonio Allegri; Correggio, 1489–1534) was the focus of a comprehensive conservation and research project at the Gemäldegalerie in Dresden, where the painting is housed. The project focused o...
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