Baroque - Finestre sull'Arte

Amsterdam, operational phase of the restoration of Rembrandt's Night Watch begins

After five years of preparation, today a team of eight restorers from the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam officially began the restoration of the Night Watch, Rembrandt's masterpiece. This start marks the beginning of the second phase, or the operational ph...
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An exhibition in Rome on the mysterious Flemish Michael Sweets

TheAccademia Nazionale di San Luca in Rome is hosting an exhibition dedicated to one of the most mysterious Flemish artists of the 17th century, Michael Sweerts (Brussels, c. 1624 - Goa?, c. 1664). Entitled Michael Sweerts. Realities and Mysteries in...
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An exhibition at the Borghese Gallery on Giovan Battista Marino the poet and his relationship with the figurative arts

From Nov. 19, 2024 to Feb. 9, 2025, the Borghese Gallery explores the connections between painting and poetry, sacred and profane, literature, art, and power in the early seventeenth century with an unprecedented project. Indeed, the exhibition Paint...
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Guercino's hidden works exhibited in Cento: masterpieces from churches and palaces on display

An extraordinary journey through the hidden masterpieces of Guercino and his school: this is the proposal of the exhibition Guercino, a new look. Works from Forli and Other Hidden Places, which opens Saturday, September 21, in Cento, in the spaces of...
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In Denmark, two Rembrandt paintings reunited for the first time in 223 years

In Denmark, an exhibition brings together, after a full 223 years, a pair of portraits by Rembrandt (Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn; Leiden, 1606 - Amsterdam, 1669) that were together but were later separated in 1801. The two works were previously in...
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Caravaggio's Ecce Homo discovered in 2021 goes on display at Prado in Madrid

The Prado Museum and Colnaghi announce the loan of the famous masterpiece by Caravaggio (Milan, 1571 - Porto Ercole, 1610),Ecce Homo discovered in 2021, to the great Madrid museum at the request of the painting's new owner. The Prado Museum will pres...
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Rome, the route to discover ten of Gian Lorenzo Bernini's most famous works

Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Naples 1598 - Rome 1680) is the leading figure of seventeenth-century European Baroque figurative culture. In his artistic career he distinguished himself among Roman artists, earning a prestigious reputation with the popes and ...
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Secrets of Baroque Rome: from March 25, a brand new docuwebseries by Lorenzo Zeppa

Starting March 25, a new DocuWebSeries entitled Secret Bar oque dedicated to the Roman Baroque will be launched in digital form. The project is promoted by La Sapienza University of Rome, organized by the Renovatio Association with the collaboration ...
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