Six hundred - Finestre sull'Arte

Michael Sweerts, from the vestiges of Rome to the shadows of the East.

He must have been quite a guy, this Sweerts. From a Flemish family ennobled by the textile trade, Andrea, G. De Marchi and Claudio Seccaroni recall today in the catalog of the exhibition, still running in Rome until Jan. 18 at the Accademia di San Lu...
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Art in the Ludovisi papacy, among the shortest of the seventeenth century. What the exhibition at the Scuderie del Quirinale looks like.

The most monumental altarpiece by Giovan Francesco Barbieri known as Guercino was commissioned to the Cento painter in 1621 by Pope Gregory XV, born Alessandro Ludovisi, for the head altar of the north aisle of St. Peter's Basilica, where in 1606 the...
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UK attempts to purchase a very rare Flemish work from the 17th century

A very rare Flemish work of the seventeenth century is in danger of leaving the United Kingdom , and the government is temporarily halting its export: the measure will be used to allow time for a British public institution to raise the sum needed to ...
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An esoteric masterpiece by Salvator Rosa lands in the Uffizi: purchased the Witch

An extraordinary work, charged with mystery and disquiet, becomes part of the Uffizi's holdings. The Witch by Salvator Rosa (Naples, 1615 - Rome, 1673) purchased by the museum for 450,000 euros, represents one of the highest and boldest examples of 1...
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When art and poetry were twins. What the exhibition "Painting and Poetry" at the Borghese Gallery looks like.

It's hard to pay attention to the base when admiring Bernini'sApollo and Daphne , caught up in that marvel of marble, Apollo's running, Daphne's fingers becoming branches and laurel leaves, Daphne's legs becoming a trunk, the nymph's lightness, Berni...
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Gallerie d'Italia in Turin, comparing Gentileschi and Van Dyck's Madonnas with Child in Corsini Gallery

Until Jan. 12, 2025, the Gallerie d'Italia in Turin will host two masterpieces from the Corsini collection in comparison: the Madonna and Child painted in Rome by Orazio Gentileschi around 1610 and Antoon van Dyck 's Madonna of the Straw painted in G...
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Turin's Royal Museums gear up for a 2025 full of news and exhibitions

The year 2025 will bring news and exhibitions to the Royal Museums of Turin. Between January and February in the two rooms located on the second floor of the Sabauda Gallery, Spazio Leonardo will be inaugurated, a new installation in which the nucle...
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In 2025, the Reggia di Venaria will celebrate the Magnificent Collections of the Genoa of the Doges with a hundred works

Venaria Reale announces for spring 2025, from early April until September, an exhibition dedicated to Magnificent Collections. Art and Power in the Genoa of the Doges, produced in collaboration with the National Museums of Genoa - Palazzo Spinola and...
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