Four hundred - Finestre sull'Arte

Lazzaro Bastiani. An artist on the margins of the greats of the early Venetian Renaissance.

Roberto Longhi-in an essay written between 1925 and 1926, but published posthumously-was able to summarize with a proposition of unusual clarity the critical history of Lazzaro Bastiani, documented as a depentor from 1456 to 1512, when in the list of...
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Two Perugino panels return to Perugia: purchased at auction by Perugia Foundation

Two works by Perugino (Pietro Vannucci; Città della Pieve, c. 1445 - Fontignano, 1523) long kept abroad are returning to his homeland. Indeed, the Perugia Foundation has announced the acquisition of two panels, Christ Crowned with Thorns (1497...
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Piero della Francesca's Baptism of Christ in two works by David Hockney. On view at the National Gallery

Two paintings by David Hockney (Bradford, 1937), considered one of the most influential British artists of the 20th century, feature within their composition reproductions of the Baptism of Christ by Piero della Francesca (Borgo Sansepolcro, 1412/141...
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Arezzo kicks off 62nd edition of Cortonantiquaria antiques show

Opening to the public from August 24 to September 8, 2024, is the 62nd edition of the Cortonantiquaria antiques exhibition at the Sant'Agostino Convention Center in Arezzo. Promoted by the Municipality of Cortona and Cortona Sviluppo with the artisti...
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Trent, inaugurated the Simonino Classroom to tell and remember the case of Simonino da Trento

The Simonino Chapel in Trento, located inside Palazzo Bortolazzi Larcher Fogazzaro on Via del Simonino, becomes Aula del Simonino: it had been bequeathed to FAI - Fondo per l'Ambiente Italiano by Marina Larcher Fogazzaro in 2018 so that it could be r...
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Florence, Donatello's bronze group with Donatello's Judith and Holofernes in Palazzo Vecchio restored

Donatello 's bronze depicting Judith and Holofernes, restored thanks to the support of Friends of Florence, was unveiled today in Florence's Sala dei Gigli in Palazzo Vecchio. The intervention, lasting a total of about ten months, was divided into tw...
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The debut of Sassetta, elegant painter of the 15th century. What the Massa Marittima exhibition looks like

It is the Maremma's turn to launch Stefano di Giovanni known as Sassetta, an elegant protagonist of early 15th-century Sienese painting, into the crowded arena of ancient art exhibitions. Never before had a monographic exhibition been devoted to this...
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At the Castello del Buonconsiglio, an exhibition will investigate the D?rer case and the origins of the Alpine Renaissance

From July 6 to October 13, 2024, the Castello del Buonconsiglio in Trento will host the exhibition Dürer and the Renaissance in the Alps, curated by Bernard Aikema, Laura Dal Prà, Giovanni Maria Sara, and Claudio Salsi, and promoted by th...
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