by admin | Nov 27, 2023 | Authentications & attributions, Discoveries, Exhibitions, Publications, Restoration
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...
by admin | Sep 26, 2023 | Art Word, Authentications & attributions, Cutural Heritage, Discoveries, Exhibitions
When visiting the Bargello Museum in Florence you may come across an “old acquaintance”, that is, a small wooden Crucifix (41.3 x 39.7 cm), which now stands in a corner but which a few years ago unleashed a real hurricane in the art world. And not only....
by admin | Sep 24, 2023 | Authentications & attributions, Discoveries, Exhibitions, Restoration
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...
by admin | Jul 17, 2023 | Authentications & attributions, Cutural Heritage, Discoveries, Restoration
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...
by admin | Jun 21, 2023 | Auctions, Authentications & attributions, Discoveries, Exhibitions, Studies and Projects
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...
by admin | Jun 20, 2023 | Art Word, Cutural Heritage, Discoveries, Exhibitions, Studies and Projects
Almost everything has already been said about the great Claude Monet. But there is another Monet in the history of Impressionism: it is Léon, brother of the painter and also passionate about art. Without Léon, perhaps Claude would not have gotten so far. In all...
