Caravaggio portrait goes on public display for the first time in Rome
A portrait by baroque painter Caravaggio held in a private collection since it was discovered more than 60 years ago is being ...
Caravaggio Painting, Unseen for Decades, Goes on Display
A portrait by the artist had a public debut in Rome on Friday, after decades hidden away in a private collection. Now Italy ...
Ken Burns and His ‘Leonardo da Vinci’ Co-Directors on Why They Broke Their Rules for PBS’ Portrait of the Renaissance Icon
Leonardo da Vinci' directors Ken Burns, Sarah Burns and David McMahon on their PBS documentary about the Italian Renaissance ...
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Caravaggio portrait, unseen for decades, goes on view in Rome
The portrait of Maffeo Barberini was first attributed to Caravaggio 60 years ago, but had not been publicly displayed until ...
Artnet3h
A Historic Portrait Recovered by Monuments Men Trounces Estimate, Fetching $550,000 at Auction
The painting was looted from Baron Philippe de Rothschild in 1940 and memorialized in an iconic photograph.
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Caravaggio’s Painting of a Future Pope—Hidden for Years—Is Unveiled in Rome
Caravaggio's 1598 portrait of Maffeo Barberini spent centuries with the family before entering a private collection in the ...
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French painting stolen by the Nazis goes on auction at Christie’s Paris
A painting by French artist Nicolas de Largillierre that was looted by the Nazis and recovered at the end of World War II by ...
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The Art Dealer Who Wanted to Be Art
Asher Wertheimer was a Jewish tycoon who asked John Singer Sargent to paint him. The results are strange, slippery—and some ...
Andy Warhol’s painting of Trump Tower that Donald Trump rejected in the ‘80s up for auction
An Andy Warhol portrait rejected by Donald Trump more than 40 years ago is up for auction — and the famed artist’s diaries ...
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Caravaggio’s Hidden Masterpiece On Public Display For The First Time
A rare Baroque portrait by Caravaggio, that has been privately held for more than 60 years, was unveiled at a Rome museum for ...
Iran’s vast collection of Western art, much long hidden, re-emerges despite high tensions with US
As Iran faces increasing tensions with the West and turmoil at home, a new exhibition at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art is displaying Western artwork including pieces not seen by the public in ...
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Painting History’s Forgotten Women: An Interview With Anita Kunz
Seeing her “Original Sisters” en masse in one room—rows upon rows of them—one can fully grasp the power and importance of ...