Renaissance Art - Finestre sull'Arte

Mantua, maintenance for the Bridal Chamber: goal to preserve Mantegna's masterpiece

From Feb. 24 to March 7, 2025, the Bridal Chamber, the fascinating work by Andrea Mantegna (Isola di Carturo, 1431 - Mantua, 1506) created between 1465 and 1474, will undergo a major scheduled maintenance operation. The pictorial masterpiece commissi...
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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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Palazzo Venezia opens the doors of the restoration site: guided tours of the Barbo Apartment

VIVE-Vittoriano and Palazzo Venezia, under the direction of Edith Gabrielli, are launching a series of free guided tours to the restoration site of theBarbo Apartment, a jewel of the Renaissance. A journey into the heart of Renaissance history and ar...
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The restoration of Lorenzo Lotto's Visitation: a masterpiece coming back to life. With its mystery

The restoration program of the Visitation by Lorenzo Lotto (Venice, 1480 - Loreto, 1556/1557), a work preserved at the Pinacoteca Civica di Palazzo Pianetti in Jesi, is certainly an important milestone in safeguarding Italy's artistic heritage. The i...
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After restoration, Schiavone's Adoration of the Magi returns to Pinacoteca Ambrosiana

From Dec. 6, 2024, to Feb. 4, 2025, it will be possible to admire again at the Pinacoteca Ambrosiana in Milan the painting The Adoration of the Magi by Andrea Schiavone (Zara, 1510/1515 - Venice, 1563) after a restoration that took place at the La Ve...
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Three... Uffizi dragons arrive at Lucca Comics&Games for 50 years of Dungeons & Dragons

The Uffizi Galleries in Florence will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the most famous fantasy role-playing game, Dungeons & Dragons, by presenting three 16th- and 17th-century engravings depicting the legendary monster, from works by Titian (Pi...
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New display of Pontormo's Visitation ready: it can be seen in Poggio a Caiano

After the completion of the installation work and the making of the protective case, Pontormo 's (Jacopo Carucci; Pontorme, 1494 - Florence, 1557) The Visitation (La Visitazione ), recently transferred from the Pieve di Carmignano, will be on public ...
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The coins of the Gonzaga family in the new exhibition at the Ducal Palace in Mantua

From September 14, 2024, at the Ducal Palace in Mantua in theAppartamento della Rustica, a new exhibit called Nell'oro impressa. The image of the Gonzaga in coins and medals from the collection of Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena, which presents a sel...
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