Renaissance - Finestre sull'Arte

The seduction of color: Andrea Solario at the Poldi Pezzoli Museum

The Poldi Pezzoli Museum in Milan kicks off the 2025 exhibition season with an exhibition that, from March 26 to June 30, 2025, celebrates one of the protagonists of the Lombard and Italian Renaissance: Andrea Solario (Milan, c. 1470 - 1524). The exh...
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Pompeii, attributed to Mantegna a newly discovered painting. It will go on display at the Vatican Museums

Is there an unpublished work by Andrea Mantegna in Pompeii? A discovery that was officially announced today by the Prelature of Pompeii is making noise: a Deposition of Christ preserved in the Pontifical Shrine of the Blessed Virgin of the Holy Rosar...
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From Venice, Andrea Mantegna's St. Sebastian on loan to Mantua's Ducal Palace

From April 12, 2025, the Doge's Palace in Mantua will welcome Andrea Mantegna 's Saint Sebastian from the Giorgio Franchetti Gallery at the Ca' d'Oro in Venice. Documented in 1506 at the heirs of the great painter, who painted it in the last years of...
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The passage of time through the cycles of nature: Renaissance masterpieces on display in Vienna

From March 11 to June 29, 2025, the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna is hosting the exhibition Arcimboldo - Bassano - Bruegel. The Times of Nature, curated by Francesca Del Torre Scheuch, with installation curated by Gerhard Veigel. Central to the...
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Gaudenzian cartoons in Turin's Pinacoteca Albertina, a unique Renaissance treasure in the world

It makes no noise, the brush brushing against the canvas. Not even a slight rustle, not even the faintest crinkle. The bristles distribute the color caressing the surface of the canvas without making themselves heard. The paintings are born in silenc...
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Is there a new Donatello work in Slovakia? From Florence comes a cold shower

There has been much discussion in recent days about the possible attribution to Donatello of a long-neglected marble bust found in a small museum in a small town in Slovakia: we are talking about a portrait of a young woman kept at the Spiš Mu...
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Genoa, works at National Gallery of Liguria: masterpieces on display at Reggia di Venaria

In 2025, the National Gallery of Liguria at Palazzo Spinola is preparing for a major renovation phase. Starting March 4, work to overhaul the technical facilities will necessitate the closure of the museum's third and fourth floors until the end of t...
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Florence, Michelangelo's tomb in Santa Croce restored

Florence pays tribute to Michelangelo on the 550th anniversary of his birth with the restoration of the Buonarroti family tombstone under which the famous artist rests. The work, promoted by theOpera di Santa Croce and conducted by theOpificio delle ...
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