Gorgeous frescos, marble sculptures, and beautiful buildings capture the imagination of anyone reading these books set in the ...
More than five centuries ago, a small number of style icons used flamboyant, luxurious looks to give them influence and power during a turbulent period of Italian history.
The Borso D’Este Bible, famed for its intricate gold and lapis-lazuli illuminations, is accessible to the public in Italian ...
A 15th-century Bible which is considered one of the most spectacular examples of Renaissance illuminated manuscripts went on ...
Sydney auction house Leonard Joel is claiming an Australian first with its 28-lot sale of European old masters.
The Bible was commissioned by Borso D’Este, who became duke of Ferrara in northeastern Italy in the mid-1400s. Borso enlisted ...
A dusty painting sitting under a garage workbench just traded places — straight into the Renaissance big leagues with a price ...
The 15th-century painting was discovered underneath a garage bench, after which it made its way to the auction house in ...
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Dusty painting found in garage sells for £700,000 after being identified as Renaissance masterpiece
The work, which depicts the Madonna and Child, is believed to be by 15th century painter Pietro Vannucci, who in his lifetime ...
The work, which depicts the Madonna and Child, is believed to be by 15th century painter Pietro Vannucci, who in his lifetime ...
Rarely seen in public, the two-volume manuscript is now on display in Rome – as part of the Vatican’s Holy Year celebrations, a tradition held every quarter century and which draws tens of millions of ...
ROME (AP) — One of the most spectacular examples of Renaissance illuminated manuscripts, the 15th-century Borso D’Este Bible, is going on rare public display as part of the Vatican’s Holy Year ...
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