Ancient art - Finestre sull'Arte

Klesch Collection acquires early masterpiece by Sandro Botticelli

The Klesch Collection, a major British private collection, has announced the acquisition of the Madonna and Child Enthroned by Sandro Botticelli (Florence, 1445 - 1510), an important early work datable to between 1465 and 1470: the work will be on pu...
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Valpurga Night in art: witches and enchantments between Faust and nocturnal apparitions

Walpurga Night, still celebrated between April 30 and May 1, represents one of the most persistent and fascinating themes in European culture, a meeting point of folk tradition, religious imagery and artistic reworking. Among the many European tradit...
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Royal Palace of Genoa, Luca Giordano's large canvases in the Throne Room restored

Starting May 1, the public will once again be able to admire in the Throne Room of the Royal Palace in Genoa two large canvases by Luca Giordano, one of the main protagonists of seventeenth-century Italian Baroque painting. They are The Struggle betw...
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Artemisia Gentileschi, the decapitated Magdalene sold for 837,500 euros

A result far beyond expectations marked the sale of the... Beheaded Magdalene by Artemisia Gentileschi (Rome, 1593 - Naples, post 1654). This fragmentary painting, which is missing its head(we had discussed it in a dedicated article), fetched an impr...
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TEFAF and Bank of America fund restoration of rare Medici tapestry at Minneapolis Institute

The Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia) has been named as a beneficiary of the TEFAF Museum Restoration Fund 2026, an initiative sponsored by The European Fine Art Foundation together with Bank of America, Lead Partner of TEFAF New York. The joint co...
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Modica, Passion Canvases restored: rare 1795 cycle returns

In Modica (Ragusa), the Teleri della Passione (Canvases of the Passion ) from the Church of the Carmine, an extraordinarily important pictorial cycle dating back to 1795 and recently recovered after more than a century of oblivion, have been restored...
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Capua, restored the wooden Madonna by Pietro and Giovanni Alemanno

The Diocesan Museum of Capua (Caserta) presented the restoration of a polychrome wooden sculpture depicting a Madonna and Child attributed to sculptors Pietro Alemanno and Giovanni Alemanno and dated around 1480. The intervention is part of the 20th...
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Florence, restoration of Masaccio's Trinity completed after three years

After three years of interventions, the restoration of Masaccio's Trinity, among the most important masterpieces of the early Renaissance, kept in the Basilica of Santa Maria Novella in Florence, has been concluded. A restoration that represents not ...
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