by admin | Sep 27, 2021 | Authentications & attributions, Exhibitions, Highlights
The case of the Ludwig Museum in Cologne is very topical, with the exhibition “Russian Avant-garde at the Ludwig Museum: original and fake. Questions, research, explanations“, which sees works certified as authentic (for example by Kazimir...
by admin | May 24, 2021 | Authentications & attributions, Discoveries, Highlights, Publications, Restoration
Gender fluid ante litteram A painting by the genius Leonardo da Vinci unexpectedly provides us with an interesting reflection on the notion of “gender identity“, never as much debated as in recent times. What distinguishes and separates being a woman from being a man?...
by admin | Apr 21, 2021 | Authentications & attributions, Cutural Heritage, Discoveries, Highlights
Spunti diagnostici di riflessione sull’attribuzione From how they all got on the bandwagon (“I discovered it!” “No, I discovered it first!“) there would seem to be no doubts that the painting at auction in Madrid is the real “Ecce Homo” made by Caravaggio as...
by admin | Feb 11, 2021 | Art-Test News, Discoveries, Highlights
il selfie nella brocca We were extremely honored to hear Dr. Maria Matilde Simari talk about the discovery by Art-Test on Caravaggio’s Bacchus during the popular Facebook online events produced by the Uffizi Galleries. A small but extraordinary self-portrait that...
by admin | Jan 29, 2021 | Authentications & attributions, Highlights
Portrait of a Young Man Holding a Roundel, by Sandro Botticelli, was last offered at auction at Christie’s London in December 1982 with the title Portrait of Giovanni de Pierfrancesco de’ Medici and it was sold to the New York real estate magnate Sheldon Solow for a...
by admin | Jan 17, 2021 | Art-Test News, Cutural Heritage, Highlights, Restoration
After 2020, the unfortunate year dedicated to Raphael on the 500th anniversary of his death, we are ready to embrace 2021 which in Italy, and around the world, will be the year of Dante’s celebrations, seven hundred years after the death of the great poet. It will be...