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Artificial intelligence challenges experts in the debate over the authenticity of Caravaggio’s "Lute Player"
27.09.2025 The painting "The Lute Player," considered a copy for decades, has undergone a new verification using artificial intelligence technology and been confirmed as an authentic work by the Italian master Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio.
The Prado Museum has confirmed the authorship of Caravaggio
11.05.2024 The painting was previously considered lost; among its former owners is King Philip IV of Spain.
Hidden Van Gogh self-portrait discovered behind earlier painting
14.07.2022 X-rays show the artist’s face wearing a hat and cravat on canvas in the collection of the National Galleries of Scotland.
New all-time record for works of art: Salvator Mundi sold for $ 450 million
16.11.2017 NEW YORKThe story was made before our eyes in the halls of Christie’s auction on Wednesday evening, when Salvator Mundi (circa 1500), considered the last work Leonardo da Vinci , in private hands, was sold for $ 450 million, making it the most expensive deal on the art market of all time.
Identified mother of Leonardo da Vinci
31.05.2017 Mother’s personality Leonardo da Vinci always been a mystery. For many decades, art historians have been trying to find information about a woman whose illegitimate son became the genius who created Mona Lisa.
Innocent copy or intentional forgery? Studies of fake Rembrandt at the Fralin Museum of Art
29.03.2017 For many years, one painting was stored in the attic of the Old Cabell Hall, and then in the new art repository of the Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia. It depicted a young man in a velvet beret, and on a tiny tablet on the work frame there was only one word - “Rembrandt”.
An unknown drawing by Leonardo da Vinci was discovered in Paris
15.12.2016 PARIS. Paris is a dream city for auctioneers. The chance to win a jackpot here is high, like nowhere else in the world. A person can just go in from the street and get a pile of drawings from the portfolio, among which there will be a lost job Leonardo da Vinci .
Restoration of the Last Supper flood-damaged Giorgio Vasari completed
08.11.2016 FLORENCEIn November 1966, torrential rains caused the Arno River to overflow and flood the streets of Florence. Flooding the halls and cellars of museums and galleries, the raging waters damaged or destroyed thousands of paintings, frescoes and manuscripts - a tragic loss for the city, which is considered the birthplace of the Renaissance.
A painting bought 100 years ago for $ 25, may be the original of Raphael
12.10.2016 ABERDINSHIREWhile working on another episode of the Air Force’s broadcast, Britain’s Lost Masterpieces, at the National Trust for Scotland’s Haddo House in Aberdeenshire, art historian Bendor Grosvenor and his team of experts found a picture that may belong to Raphael’s brush.
Interest in the old masters is declining. Will they be able to become popular again?
01.09.2016 Old masters, but new rules of the game: over the past few weeks, two experts on the work of old masters left Christie’s auction house at once. This was due to the fact that sales in this segment of the market fell immediately by 33 percent, as evidenced by the 2016 TEFAF Art Market report.
The Great Art of Concealment: Censorship Versus Renaissance Nudity
31.08.2016 It is impossible to guess what next time will offend people’s feelingsNot so long ago, researchers from the University of Cambridge found a skirt in the Renaissance manuscript, drafted by naked Eve in one of the illustrations. Rejection of nudity was not something special: for some time between the 16th and 18th centuries, especially prim owners of books painted over the nudity of biblical characters, even though it was recognized and revered by the church.
The whole truth about Van Gogh’s ear: why the artist’s mad genius turned out to be a myth
27.07.2016 Since its inception in 1973, the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam has the largest collection of works by the genius of post-impressionismUntil that moment, all the museum’s exhibitions were focused on demonstrating the high aesthetics and the progress of Dutch painting, the progress “on the verge of madness” that was achieved thanks to the artist’s creativity.
Did Rembrandt use mirror projections?
25.07.2016 At the age of 18, Francis O’Neill (Francis O’Neill), a novice young artist, went on a trip to Europe and was struck by the masterpieces of Rembrandt, which he happened to see in major museums. Like many before him, O’Neill admired the technical accuracy of the paintings of the great master.
La Bella Principessa: a drawing attributed to Leonardo continues to keep its secrets
23.05.2016 The boasting of the forger Shaun Greenhalgh that he made this drawing may be fantasy, but also the statement that the work belongs to the great Leonardo , causes no less doubt among experts.
The gallery of old maps in the Vatican has been restored
26.04.2016 VATICAN. In those days when pontiffs rarely left Rome, Pope Gregory XIII ordered giant maps depicting the whole of Italy so that the head of the Catholic Church could explore the peninsula without leaving a safe city.