The diagnostic campaign reveals the secrets of this exceptional painting, and of its valorous author. The super gallery Robilant+Voena in New York presented until 10 February 2024, entitled “Ahead of Her Time: Pioneering Women from the Renaissance to the...
Etruscan? A long debate followed the discovery of the so-called Prenestine Fibula, found in Palestrina, ancient Praeneste, since its official presentation in 1887 by the German archaeologist Wolfgang Helbig. The 10.7 cm long golden jewel bears the Latin inscription...
Just having the name “Caravaggio” in the title of an exhibition usually ensures its success, even though he was a forgotten artist for centuries, fallen into obscurity, and it is all thanks to Roberto Longhi that he was rediscovered, restoring him to a...
Artworks are not always found where you expect them. A “Caravaggio” in Malta is fine, but a “Poussin” in Cortona, Italy? An intriguing request came to us from doctor Gioia Olivastri, who, together with the restorer Nadia Nocentini, lifted the...
Scientific analyses will once again be crucial in determining the authenticity of a painting. A small town in Bavaria, along with its monastery and a painting preserved there, are the protagonists of this discovery. We know that Bettbrun, despite having few...
How to distinguish a copy from the original, one author from the other? French painter Laurent de la Hyre, “Cyrus Announcing to Araspas that Panthea Has Obtained His Pardon” Surely you need more than a connoisseur eye, at least considering how many...
