Five hundred - Finestre sull'Arte

France, Douai museum announces discovery of a rare portrait of Lavinia Fontana

The Musée de la Chartreuse in Douai, northern France, announces that it has discovered what the institution says is an unpublished painting by Lavinia Fontana (Bologna, 1552 - Rome, 1614), one of the greatest painters of the 16th century. The ...
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Ludovico Carracci's Annunciation on loan from Bologna to Capodimonte as distinguished guest

From March 25 to June 15, 2025, the Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte welcomes Ludovico Carracci 's 1584Annunciation, which has come on loan from the Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna as an illustrious guest. In the painting, the Virgin is caught in t...
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Florence, Accademia Gallery celebrates Michelangelo's 550th birthday: here's the program

In 2025, the Accademia Gallery in Florence is preparing to celebrate the 550th anniversary of the birth of Michelangelo Buonarroti (Caprese, 1475 - Rome, 1564) with an ambitious project entitled The Eternal Contemporary. Michelangelo 1475 - 2025. The...
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Mantua, restored three 16th-century paintings recently donated to Ducal Palace

An important opportunity for in-depth study of Mantuan painting of the second half of the 16th century is offered by the restoration of three paintings that will be presented to the public on Feb. 28, 2025, at 5:30 p.m. in the Atrio degli Arcieri of ...
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At the Diocesan Museum in Milan, four contemporary artists challenge Tintoretto

From March 4 to May 25, 2025, on the occasion of Lent and Easter, the Diocesan Museum "Carlo Maria Martini" in Milan presents Around Tintoretto. The Deposition from the Gallerie dell'Accademia in Venice. Four Contemporary Artists Challenged by a Mast...
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Italia Nostra and the restoration of three Renaissance sculptures at Milan's Duomo Museum

Italia Nostra returns to support Milan's artistic heritage with an intervention that restores new light to three precious sculptures in Milan's Duomo Museum. Thanks to the contribution of the Milan branch of the association, established in 1955 to pr...
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Rome, Villa Caffarelli will host an exhibition on the Farnese family in 16th century Rome

From February 11 to May 18, 2025, the exhibition I Farnese in Sixteenth-Century Rome will be hosted at the Capitoline Museums, Villa Caffarelli. Origins and fortune of a collection, curated by Claudio Parisi Presicce and Chiara Rabbi Bernard, promote...
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The image of power. The portrait of Eleanor of Toledo in Pisa.

The most famous image of Eleanor of Toledo, born Leonor Álvarez de Toledo y Osorio, wife of Cosimo I de' Medici and duchess consort of Tuscany, is surely the one painted by Bronzino and now preserved in the Uffizi: the Portrait of Eleonora di ...
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