Carbon-14 results on the remains of a woman thought to have sat for Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa painting are due within days. Art historical scholars now believe that model was Lisa Gherardini, wife to the merchant Francesco Del Giocondo, who died in the Florence convent on July 15, 1542.
Read morehe bronze doors of the Florence Baptistery, dubbed the “Gates of Paradise” by master Michelangelo, have equally ornate mates now being restored.
Read moreThe restoration of the world’s famous statue “Perseus with Head of Medusa” by Benvenuto Cellini began this morning in Florence, Italy. . The statue was wrapped in a white cloth in its usual position under the Loggia dei Lanzi in Piazza della Signoria.
Read moreOne hundred Libyan students have won bursaries provided by the Italian government to study in Italy during the 2013/2014 academic year.
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To mark the 300th anniversary of the death of Grand Prince Ferdinando de’ Medici (1663-1713), the Galleria degli Uffizi is planning to devote a celebratory exhibition to this key figure who was one of the most important collectors and patrons of the arts in the entire history of the Medici Grand Dukes of Tuscany.
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The Botticelli masterpiece “The Annunciation of San Martino alla Scala” will have pride of place in one of the Museum of Israel’s most important halls in Jerusalem starting Tuesday.
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From Palazzo Strozzi in Florence to the Louvre in Paris: after its Florentine stop, the exhibition “The Renaissance Spring. Sculpture and the Arts in Florence, 1400-1460” opens at the Parisian museum on Thursday, September 26.
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Sandro Botticelli’s famous Annunciation of St. Martin alla Scala will not be travelling to Israel for a planned months-long exhibition as previously announced, the culture ministry said last week.
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Scientists in Florence cracked open the family tomb of Lisa Gherardini Del Giocondo, the beguiling model who sat for Leonardo da Vinci’s famous Mona Lisa portrait. They hopes to compare her son’s DNA to that of a skeleton believed to be her own.
Read moreA petition asking that Leonardo da Vinci's famous Mona Lisa be returned to Italy for a visit has been submitted to French cultural authorities, supporters of the move said Friday.
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