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The intriguing and little known youthful works of the artist Élisabeth Chaplin, painted in the Florentine countryside.
A touching article by Giovanni Mariotti, written in a single burst without punctuation, offering us a portrait of the Macchiaiolo painter Silvestro Lega.
The Etruscan studio in the royal Savoy palace of Racconigi, a noteworthy instance of a pseudo-antiquarian capriccio.
One of the most charming landscapes of the Italian summer, the beaches of Versilia, is recounted through the refined paintings of Moses Levy.
The wooden St Rocco from the Basilica of the Santissima Annunziata, much admired by Giorgio Vasari, was almost taken to Germany during World War II.
Roger Caillois’s collection of stones and Giovanni Pratesi’s collection of Arno river rocks and pebbles.
In Renaissance Florence it was customary to bring refreshments to new mothers on artistically decorated trays.
The voracious and well-informed career as an art collector of Cardinal Richelieu, Chief Minister of State under Louis XIII of France.
The life and works of painter and engraver Wenzel Hablik, the visionary Bohemian artist, a very original protagonist of the work of the Vienna Secession.
Personal thoughts and profound memories reawakened by an object as simple and unassuming as a coin bank.
After abdicating the throne, Queen Christina of Sweden moved to Rome, where she devoted herself fully to her great vocation as patron of the arts and collector.
Magnificent tables of marble and inlaid stones made in Rome in the second half of the sixteenth century.
An apocryphal version of the Flight into Egypt by French illustrator Luc-Olivier Merson, set in the Gizah Plateau.
An unusual portrait of Dante, far from the traditional iconography of scowling exile, conceals a mysterious note bearing the name Degas.
The entirely European phenomenon of the Grand Tour, illustrated with a collection of sulfur-based cameos known as “zolfi.”
The author, a landscape gardener and botanical investigator of great artworks, shows us recondite vegetal details of renowned masterpieces.
The peculiar eclecticism of some eccentric villas in the Salento region of Puglia, which look like fantastical palaces belonging to an imaginary Orient.
The peaceful but mysterious interiors painted by the Danish artist Vilhelm Hammershøi are explored in terms of their history, artistry, and poetry.
The adventures (especially the romantic escapades) of Byron in Ravenna, illustrated with paintings inspired by the poet’s creations in those same years.
A learned and witty article describes the many self-portraits painted by Sofonisba Anguissola, often with self-promotional intent.
The remarkable work done by Galileo Chini to decorate the Bangkok Throne Hall.
