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Italian Baroque in Dresden: 18th-Century Drawings Return to Rome After Three Centuries

From September 25, 2026, to January 10, 2027, the Napoleonic Museum in Rome will host “Italian Baroque in Dresden.” Architectural Drawings from the Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Sachsen is an exhibition dedicated to a collection of drawings and ...
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Florence: Two Extremely Rare Medici Porcelain Pieces Join the Collections of the San Marco Museum

Two vases made in Florence during the second half of the sixteenth century bring to the forefront one of the most remarkable undertakings of the court of Francesco I de’ Medici: the attempt to produce in Europe the porcelain that had been impor...
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A rare 13th-century painted cross from Corso di Buono at the BIAF: it’s worth 1.2 million

A Madonna covering her mouth with her hand, a Saint John bent over in grief, and three tiny angels collecting the blood flowing from Christ’s wounds in large cups. And, at the bottom, Saint Peter warming himself by a fire while a maidservant po...
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Certosa di Pavia: Restoration of the Thirteen Illuminated Choral Books Completed

The project to study and restore the thirteen illuminated choir books of the Certosa di Pavia has come to an end. Launched in 2025 and sponsored by the Lombardy Regional Directorate of National Museums, the project was entrusted to the La Venaria Rea...
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Albania: A complex featuring six 4th-century mosaics has been discovered in Qesarat

A significant archaeological discovery was made in Qesarat,in the Tepelenë area, in Albania, where an Italian-Albanian archaeological expedition has unearthed an architectural complex featuring six floors decorated with polychrome mosaics, human...
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An unpublished early masterpiece by Luca Giordano will be on display at MarteS on Lake Garda

An unpublished early masterpiece by Luca Giordano ( Naples, 1634–1705), *TheCalling of Saints Peter and Andrew to the Apostolate*, a large canvas measuring 192 by 252 centimeters by the Neapolitan painter, will be on public view for the first ...
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From Ancient Athletes to the 1948 Olympics: An Exhibition at Palazzo Simi in Bari

The trained body, competition, training, social prestige, and memory form the central themes of ATHLETÉS – The Icon Beyond Time. Athletics, Society, and Funeral Rites in the Peucetan Aristocracies of the Bari Region: this exhibition, org...
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An Update on Masaccio: The Adoration of the Magi in the Carmine Polyptych in Pisa

Archival research, when conducted with expertise and diligence, always yields positive results: this is evident from the research that Giuseppe Petralia conducted in various archives on topics related to the medieval history of Tuscany and Pisa, with...
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