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Giovanni of Ser Giovanni, called Lo Scheggia, fragment with imprisoned woman (possibly from the Story of Lisabetta da Messina in the Decameron by Boccaccio), ca. 1440–50. Tempera on wood panel, 18 1/8 x 11 x 1 9/16 inches. Museo Stibbert, Firenze, 306

Georgia Museum Hosts Exhibition That Examines Love in the Renaissance

/ February 18th, 2019

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Andrea del Verrocchio. Putto with a Dolphin, 1470‒c. 1475. Photograph: Courtesy of Musei Civici Fiorentini

Newly restored Putto with a Dolphin featured in "Verrocchio, Master of Leonardo" on view at the Palazzo Strozzi and Museo Nazionale del Bargello thanks to Friends of Florence

/ February 6th, 2019

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Rembrandt, Portrait of Petronella Buys, 1635. Panel, 79.5 x 56.3 cm. New York, The Leiden Collection

The Leiden Collection Exhibition at the Hermitage Attracts More than 1.1 Million Visitors; Will Unveil 4 Newly Acquired Rembrandts at Louvre Abu Dhabi

/ February 6th, 2019

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Detail of Pontormo's 'Visitation'

'Pontormo: Miraculous Encounters' Exhibition Travels to Getty With Loans of Must-See Masterpieces

/ January 30th, 2019

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Suit of Armor, Italian, 1540–1550. Steel, leather, fabric, wood; 74 13/16 × 29 1/2 × 19 11/16 in. On loan from Museo Stibbert, Firenze, Inv. no. 3959.

'Knights' from Italy Visit Florida in Massive Loan Exhibit From Museo Stibbert

/ January 22nd, 2019

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Michele Giovanni Marieschi (Italian, 1710-1743), Venetian Capricci: One of a Pair, oil on canvas 14 1/2 x 21 7/8 inches. Est. $30,000-40,000.

Doyle to Auction English & Continental Furniture, Old Masters and Russian Works of Art

/ January 21st, 2019

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Giorgione (1477–1510), Italy, La Vecchia, circa 1502–08, oil on canvas, 26 ¾ x 23 ¼ in. (68 x 59 cm), Gallerie dell’Accademia, cat. 272, © Archivio fotographico G.A. VE, courtesy of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities—Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venice

Rare presentation of Giorgione’s "La Vecchia" at the Cincinnati Art Museum starting February 15

/ January 15th, 2019

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Hermaphroditus. Last quarter 1st century B.C. (cameo). Late 16th - early 17th centuries (mount). Sardonyx, gold, enamel, garnets, emeralds. Inv. n. 14464. From the collection of Leonardo Agostini, Rome; then collection of Cardinal Leopoldo de’ Medici.

Historic Medici and Lorraine Gem Collection on view for the first time thanks to Friends of Florence

Friends of Florence / December 28th, 2018

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J. R. R. Tolkien (1892 - 1973), Dust jacket design for The Hobbit, April 1937, pencil, black ink, watercolor, goache. Bodleian Libraries, MS. Tolkien Drawings 32. © The Tolkien Estate Limited 1937.

Works by Tolkein Among Suite of Winter Exhibitions at The Morgan

/ December 6th, 2018

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Comments on the Art Market

Celebrating 18 Years Of Comments On The Art Market

Rehs Galleries, Inc. / December 1st, 2018

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Hilda May Gordon's Cremation of King Rama IV of Siam (1924), from the exhibition "Hilda May Gordon: Artist, Adventurer" at Martyn Gregory.

From Minnekästchen to Mary Shelley Memorabilia, A Checklist of Must-See Works During London Art Week 2018

/ November 27th, 2018

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19th century American Horn and Hide Armchair

iGavel Auctions Presents Online Decorative Arts Gifts for the Holidays

/ November 27th, 2018

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L to R: Miguel Falomir, Director of the Museo del Prado; Simonetta Brandolini d’Adda, President of Friends of Florence; and Christina Simmons, Executive Director of American Friends of the Prado Museum with The Annunciation (mid-1420s) by Fra Angelico. © Museo del Prado.

Friends of Florence and American Friends of the Prado Museum announce restoration of Fra Angelico's Annunciation

Friends of Florence / November 20th, 2018

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Pulpit by Giovanni Pisano, 1301. Church of Sant’ Andrea in Pistoia, Italy.

Pulpit by Giovanni Pisano in Church of Sant' Andrea in Tuscany under conservation thanks to Friends of Florence

Friends of Florence / November 12th, 2018

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Attributed to, Joseph Oldof Pierre, Haitian, 1955– 1984, Vodou Flag or Banner (Erzulie Danthor), early 1980s, satin, sequins, and glass beads; Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Robert Cargo Folk Art Collection; Gift of Caroline Cargo, AFI.235.2013

'Imagining Jesus Through the Ages' Spans 500 Years of Artistic Interpretation

/ November 7th, 2018

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