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If the gods of Olympus dwell on a ceiling painted by Veronese

If the gods of Olympus dwell on a ceiling painted by Veronese

For nearly five hundred years, anyone who enters the Hall of Olympus at Villa Barbaro in Maser, in the province of Treviso, has had the impression of being watched—and, in a certain sense, protected—by the principal deities of the Greek pantheon. Ar...
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Titian’s *Venus* from the Prado is coming to Verona for the centennial of Castelvecchio

Titian’s *Venus* from the Prado is coming to Verona for the centennial of Castelvecchio

From October 31, 2026, to January 31, 2027, a major masterpiece of the Italian Renaissance will, on an exceptional basis, leave the Prado Museum in Madrid to be exhibited at the Castelvecchio Museum in Verona. Titian ’s *Venus with a Dog and an Organ...
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Pontormo's Diary: What Did an Artist Eat in the 16th Century?

Pontormo's Diary: What Did an Artist Eat in the 16th Century?

Anyone who opens the pages of the diary that Pontormo (Jacopo Carucci; Pontorme di Empoli, 1494 – Florence, 1557) kept during the final years of his life, from January 7, 1554, to October 23, 1556, is confronted with a unique text: not a narrat...
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Pontormo on Display in Rome: The First Major Retrospective at the Scuderie del Quirinale

Pontormo on Display in Rome: The First Major Retrospective at the Scuderie del Quirinale

It will be the first major solo exhibition ever dedicated to Jacopo da Pontormo ( Pontorme di Empoli, 1494 – Florence, 1557). From October 9, 2026, to February 7, 2027, the Scuderie del Quirinale in Rome will host a major exhibition dedicated t...
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Revisiting Correggio: The Chamber of St. Paul

Revisiting Correggio: The Chamber of St. Paul

To speak of the Camera di San Paolo, frescoed by Correggio in Parma in 1518, would first and foremost lead to the vast body of literature that this famous painted room has inspired, featuring the names of celebrated authors and themes spanning a wide...
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Jacopo Ligozzi’s Absurd, Whimsical Glasses: Fantasy at the Medici Table

Jacopo Ligozzi’s Absurd, Whimsical Glasses: Fantasy at the Medici Table

During the final decade of his long career in Florence, Jacopo Ligozzi—who was one of the most original painters active between the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries—devoted himself to an undertaking that at first glance seems far remove...
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Palazzo Sinibaldo Fieschi, the residence designed by Scamozzi in the heart of Genoa

Palazzo Sinibaldo Fieschi, the residence designed by Scamozzi in the heart of Genoa

Right in the heart of Genoa, along that noble street that, starting in the first half of the 19th century, was known as “Strada carrettabile Carlo Alberto”—and is now called Via San Lorenzo—stands one of the most famous, representative, a...
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Venice: Live Restoration of Paolo Veronese’s *The Rape of Europa* at the Doge’s Palace

Venice: Live Restoration of Paolo Veronese’s *The Rape of Europa* at the Doge’s Palace

In Venice’s Doge’s Palace, just before the Hall of the Great Council, the Liagò workshop is home to the restoration of *The Rape of Europa*, one of Paolo Veronese’s most famous paintings. The restoration site is exceptionally open to the publi...
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