Among the countless commentators on Correggio, I like to choose the sincere definition given by Édouard Pommier in a personal autograph letter to me in August 2006, where he considers him "an immense artist." Such a judgment coming from the then...
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A painting attributed to Federico Barocci ( Urbino, 1535–1612), which has resurfaced in Munich at the Hampel auction house, could add a new and valuable piece to our understanding of the Urbino artist’s work. The painting, from a private ...
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If a tourist or traveler exploring the lands of Southern Italy finds themselves in Calabria, lost among the trails of the Stilaro, and stumbles upon that treasure trove of art that is the Cattolica di Stilo, they will find not only an admirable and m...
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A major acquisition for the Minneapolis Institute of Art (MIA), which has announced the acquisition of eight new works and collections intended to enrich its holdings, including a significant *Madonna and Child with Saint Francis* painted in 1503 by ...
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Neapolitan artists have crossed the Tyrrhenian Sea many times throughout history—with their canvases and panels, of course, but just as often, and perhaps even more so, with paper: sheets of drawings in pen, ink, and watercolor that passed from hand ...
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The author revisits here the article that appeared on January 31, 2022, in this same journal, but has now expanded it with the necessary in-depth analysis. This study of Correggio, in fact, focuses on that great Renaissance artist who embodied th...
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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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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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