by admin | Mar 19, 2023 | Art-Test News, Cutural Heritage, Restoration, Studies and Projects
The large project for the Baptistery has entered its final phase. It is supported by the Opera del Duomo and started in 2014 with the restoration of the external facades and roof covering. The project will conclude by 2028 with the restoration of the approximately...
by admin | Mar 19, 2023 | Cutural Heritage, Highlights
Ravensburger has a puzzle in its catalog that reproduces the famous drawing by Leonardo da Vinci, and for this reason, it has been the subject of an order by the Venice Court, which condemns it to pay the rights dof reproduction of this image. The process was...
by admin | Feb 7, 2023 | Authentications & attributions, Cutural Heritage
My “coup de coeur” this year at BRAFA is this pair of paintings by Bartholomaeus Bruyn the younger, dated around the second half of the 16th century. Their attribution has recently been confirmed, and they have been auctioned many times, the last one in...
by admin | Feb 7, 2023 | Cutural Heritage
While walking through the corridors of the Belgian BRAFA 2023 fair, I had my “coup de coeur” for this work: small but worthy of being exhibited in a museum. It attracted me immediately for its particularity. It is a meticulous wax model, a miniature copy,...
by admin | Jan 26, 2023 | Art Word, Authentications & attributions, Cutural Heritage, Fakes, International Cooperation
Whose are the works kept in museums? Whose is the bust of Nefertiti, or as in Germany they like to call it, their “Mona Lisa”? โAll the cultural assets from other regions of the world do not belong to us, they are here illegally,โ said in a interview...
by admin | Dec 22, 2022 | Art-Test News, Authentications & attributions, Cutural Heritage, Exhibitions, Restoration
The UK approach to restoration has been the focus of many controversies since the 1840s, and it is today again under attack. Following three-year extensive work, โNativityโ by Piero Della Francesca returned to public display: a Christmas present to the Gallery...
