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Is it really Federico Barocci? The rediscovered portrait is dividing opinion and raising many doubts

If one were to go by the headlines, it would seem there are no major doubts regarding the authenticity of the *Portrait of a Young Man*, which was presented with some grand ceremony in the halls of the Ducal Palace in Urbino—which are under the juris...
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Arcimboldo’s *The Gardener* Under the Microscope with a High-Resolution CT Scan: New Studies on the Famous Painting

A sophisticated diagnostic test, normally used in medical research, is now being applied to the world of art to investigate one of Giuseppe Arcimboldo’s most intriguing paintings. The painting in question is *L’Ortolano*(The Gardener), ho...
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Tintoretto in Paris: A major exhibition at the Musée Jacquemart-André traces his long career

From September 11, 2026, to January 24, 2027, the Musée Jacquemart-André in Paris is hosting a major exhibition dedicated to Tintoretto, one of the leading artists of Italian Mannerism. The exhibition *Tintoretto: Timeless*, the first i...
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When Christ Steps Off St. Christopher's Shoulders: The Manfron Altarpiece, a masterpiece by Paris Bordon

Two charming winged cherubs support and lift into the air the green, precious banner of honor embroidered in gold, as if they wished to set apart the Virgin Mary, the Child, and Saint Christopher from the rural landscape surrounding them—the very lan...
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The Nationalmuseum in Stockholm Acquires a Previously Unseen Work by Lavinia Fontana

The Nationalmuseum in Stockholm has acquired a previously unknown work by Lavinia Fontana ( Bologna, 1552 – Rome, 1614), considered one of the most successful Italian female artists active between the late 16th and early 17th centuries. It is a...
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Titian: When the Landscape Ceased to Be a Background. A Look at the Exhibition in Pieve di Cadore

Once upon a time, there was the Renaissance. Once upon a time, there was drawing; once upon a time, there was painting understood as an architecture of figures and perspectives. Then Titian came along and everything changed: a new conception of natur...
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The Pontormo exhibition in Rome will also feature *The Deposition at Santa Felicita*

The Pontormo exhibition, which opens at the Scuderie del Quirinale in Rome on October 7, will also feature the artist’s greatest masterpiece, the “Deposition” from the Church of Santa Felicita in Florence, which will therefore be temporarily ...
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CortonAntiquaria 2026: The historic antiques fair returns to Cortona from August 29 to September 13

The 64th edition of Cortonantiquaria will take place from August 29 to September 13, 2026, in the historic spaces of the Sant’Agostino Conference Center in Cortona, at Via Guelfa 40. The National Antiques Fair, founded in 1963 and held annually...
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