Five hundred - Finestre sull'Arte

The Mystery of “Tommaso,” the Painter Who Imitated Lorenzo di Credi: Brun Brings One of His Tondo Paintings to the BIAF

That there is still so much to discover about the Renaissance —and that what we know is only a tiny fraction of the story—is clearly evident in an enigmatic tondo that the Galleria Brun is presenting this year at the 34th edition of the Florence Inte...
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The United Kingdom blocks the export of the "Seated Nymph from Antiquity": it is valued at 5.36 million euros

The British government has temporarily blocked the export from the United Kingdom of Pier Jacopo Alari Bonacolsi’s *Seated Nymph*—known as“the Elder”—offering museums and galleries in the country the opportunity to acquire the sculpture and kee...
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A rare fragment of an altarpiece by Gaudenzio Ferrari has resurfaced: Matteo Salamon is bringing it to the BIAF

For nearly two centuries, all trace of Gaudenzio Ferrari’s (Valduggia, 1475 – Milan, 1546) *Saint Anthony of Padua* had been lost. The panel was part of an altarpiece intended for the high altar of the Church of Santa Chiara in Milan, and...
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Correggio: A Man of Deep Humanity. The Exceptional Exhibition in Dresden

The title of the major Allegri exhibition in Dresden is surprising; it certainly stands apart from any other current designation for an art event, particularly one focusing on historical art. There is no doubt that, over the generations, certain inti...
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Correggio, the Painter of Emotions: The Largest Exhibition Outside Italy in Dresden

For five hundred years, the paintings of Antonio Allegri—who went down in history as Correggio, after his hometown—have continued to captivate viewers with the sensuality of their figures, the luminosity of their scenes, the brilliance of their color...
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Michelangelo's first design for San Lorenzo will be put on display and then undergo restoration

The project for the façade of the Basilica of San Lorenzo in Florence was never completed, but the grand design conceived by Michelangelo Buonarroti ( Caprese, 1475 – Rome, 1564) for the Medici church, a particularly significant artifact remain...
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Luigi Groto, the “Blind Man of Adria” who defied all limits in the 16th century: the exhibition in Rovigo

The scholar Luigi Groto was born blind in Adria in 1541, but his condition did not prevent him from engaging in virtually every field of culture of his time. He wrote over 1,300 poems, orations, tragedies, comedies, and pastoral works; he frequented ...
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Florence’s Monumental Last Supper Paintings: When the Last Supper Found Its Way into the Refectories of the Convents

With Christ at the center and the apostles arranged on either side—Judas recognizable among the diners—when viewing aLast Supper, the eye is drawn first and foremost to the scene and its figures. But in large, monumental Last Supper paintings, the pa...
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