Twelve masterpieces from the Musée d’Orsay: this extraordinary event is the result of an exchange between the two important French and Italian museum institutes
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Pitti Palace, 12 masterpieces from the Musée d’Orsay
Carbon-14 tests could confirm Mona Lisa original model
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 moreRestoration work uncovers more carved doors in Florence
he bronze doors of the Florence Baptistery, dubbed the “Gates of Paradise” by master Michelangelo, have equally ornate mates now being restored.
Read morePerseus with the Head of Medusa, restoration works began
The 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 moreLibya, 100 scholarship winners on their way to Italy
One 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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The Grand Prince Ferdinando De’ Medici at Uffizi
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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Botticelli’s Annunciation exhibit opens in Jerusalem
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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The Renaissance Spring, from Florence to the Louvre in Paris
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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Uffizi Gallery’s Botticelli Annunciation not going to Israel
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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Florence tomb opened in bid to find Mona Lisa model
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.
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