We all know how things went. An art exhibition presented as very prestigious: “Modigliani”, at the Palazzo Ducale in Genoa, but it is closed early because the painter’s experts denounce the presence of numerous fakes on display. The dubious works, 21 in total, are seized, and so begins the expertise procedure, the first results of which […]
The 4th edition of the Master in Legal Archeology and Crimes against Cultural Heritage, based in Rome, will begin in March 2018. This course, organized by the CSC, “Center for Criminological, Legal and Sociological Studies” of Viterbo, in collaboration with the “Osservatorio Internazionale Archeomafie”, aims to prepare professional profiles on the objectives, modus operandi, strategies and […]
The “Salvator Mundi”, recently rediscovered and attributed to Leonardo, goes to auction at Christie’s, with an estimated value of about $ 100M. Will it be sold? Will it come back to Italy? With all the spotlights on this painting, someone started playing devil’s advocate, questioning the authorship, pointing to some alleged mistakes in the representation of the orb […]
Art-Test has been called to shed light on the matter in a small church near Florence Who painted the “Pietà di Marcialla”? The issue has been debated for many years, but only on last 9th of May the first analyses were carried out on the wall painting in Santa Maria a Marcialla, a small church on the […]
The trade of fake artworks is a crime. But what is a fake, and how can you recognize it? Last January 14th Art-Test Florence held a lecture on“TECHNIQUES OF SCIENTIFIC DATING – Artistic and architectural heritage, artworks origin analysis and false works recognition through scientific testing. Case Studies”. The Master in “Judicial frauds and Crimes against […]
The eye is not enough but an incomplete diagnostics campaign is also not enough We say that the best way to assess the essence of a person is to look into their eyes, which are the mirror of the soul. But these same eyes, when used to judge a work of art, may be an […]