Pinturicchio - Finestre sull'Arte

A masterpiece of sweetness and minuteness: Pinturicchio's Madonna of Peace

Guido Piovene, perhaps the greatest of Italian travel writers, described the Madonna of Peace as "the best picture painted by Pinturicchio." The choice is a tough one: Bernardino di Betto was a sublime artist; it is difficult to say which of the ...
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Madonna and Child attributed to Pinturicchio stolen in 1990 returns to Perugia after 30 years

From August 10, 2019 to January 26, 2020, the Madonna and Child attributed to Pinturicchio, a work on panel that was stolen in the 1990s and has now returned to Perugia, will be on display at the National Gallery of Umbria. The painting was stolen f...
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Pinturicchio and the Borgias: a compelling tale on display in Rome

The visitor should not be fooled by the title that, on the surface, would seem to wink at the fiction audience, given the international resonance that the vicissitudes of the Borgias recounted in a recent and successful television series have had...
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