Rare Renaissance painting acquired by FAMSF reminds us why permanent collections deserve our attention
In the Legion of Honor’s Renaissance gallery, a new 400-year-old acquisition sparkles with a vibrancy belying its age. San Francisco is the new home to Lavinia Fontana’s 400-year-old painted “Portrait ...
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Italian Renaissance-era painting sold at auction for $33.2 million
An Italian Renaissance-era painting once found at a London bus stop has sold at auction for $33.2 million. The Titian painting shows Jesus, Mary and Joseph on their way to Egypt. It was stolen ...
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Leonardo da Vinci five centuries on: Louvre in Paris opens long-awaited exhibition
The Louvre museum in Paris, home to Leonardo's Mona Lisa, opens its doors on Thursday to a display of more than 160 Renaissance-era paintings and drawings, some of which are on loan from Queen ...
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Oxford museum pays over €5 million to keep Renaissance painting in the UK
Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum paid the impressive sum to prevent the rare Italian Renaissance painting from leaving the UK after more than 200 years. Fra Angelico's “The Crucifixion” was set ...
Revisiting the Harlem Renaissance
This year, a team of Times journalists marked the 100th anniversary of the Harlem Renaissance with a series examining its ...