Francesco Salvator Fontebasso (1709-1769)

Though its subject seems somewhat unappealing today, The Triumph of Faith Over Heresy Through the Intercession of the Dominicans by Francesco Solimena (1657-1747) is an important work in many ways.

Francesco Guardi is famous for views of the Serenissima that convey the city's singular atmosphere. Here, we see the island of the Giudecca, dominated by the Church of Santa Maria della Presentazione.

When she became mayor of Paris in 2015, Anne Hidalgo made the restoration of religious monuments the spearhead of her heritage policy. Her "church plan", which ended in 2020, is somewhat of a mixed bag.

After several years of study and analysis, scholars at the Vienna museum conclude that the so-called 'Viennese Salvator Mundi’, a painting of Christ holding a globe, c 1520-30, is most likely by the Italian Renaissance artist Titian. The museum has launched a crowdfunding appeal to help restore the painting.  

It’s a beautiful view towards the Church of le Zitelle, which dominates Venice’s Giudecca island, cast in a monochrome of shimmering grays, blues and whites. Conserved in a private collection since 1915, this oil painting by the Venetian artist certainly saw success at Drouot, going for double its estimate.

The abstract artist, who began his public career in his late 60s, died of Covid-19 in Milan Italy, in his hometown. Scholar, Marcel Duchamp expert, and former art dealer Arturo Schwarz was a champion of Polenghi’s work, curating his first major exhibition, at the Fondazione Mudima in Milan in 2003. (Artforum)

An important painting by Giovanni Francesco Guerrieri (1589-1655), Lot and His Daughters, sold for €475,064 at Dorotheum on June 8, setting a new world record for a work by the Italian painter. The previous record, set at €410,550 under the hammer of Porro & Cie, dates back to 15 November 2003 (Artnet). 

An exhibition opened in September at the Prado in Madrid showing their copy of the Renaissance Master’s famous painting. However, in the catalog of the exhibition, the Prado categorizes the masterpiece – which sold for $450M at auction in 2017 – as being only attributed to, authorized by or supervised by Leonardo.

The bust, a unique bronze cast showing "great mastery of technique", realistically captures the features of Paul Phélypeaux, Lord of Pontchartrain. Attributed to Francesco Bordoni, disciple of Giambologna, it will be presented on November 20 by De Baecque with an estimate of €500,000/800,000.

The National Gallery in London is hosting an unprecedented retrospective of works by Francesco di Stefano, known as Pesellino, six centuries after his death at the age of 35.