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We had a surprise visit at the office of The Florentine the other day. Helene Brandt, one of the two women cited in our book Art by Women in Florence who is still alive, came to see us and pick up a few copies of the book.
Brandt, born 1936, is known f…
On Sunday, April 14 – 4.30pm, spend an afternoon in Fiesole spotlighting women artists past and present. Associazione Culturale Il Palmerino’s presentation of Art by Women in Florence: A Guide through Five Hundred Years with authors Ja…
The results of recent testing on the eastern wall of the Salone de’ Cinquecento seem to support the theory that Leonardo da Vinci’s fabled painting, Battle of Anghiari, is indeed located in the exact place Dr. Maurizio Seraci…
How do you say ninni in English? What does ninni mean? If you’ve been following The Florentine all these years, you may know the answer thanks to Florentinisms, the column by Alexandra Lawrence and Francesco Stefanelli.
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The AWA has funded a documentary spotlighting the Duclos restoration that is documented in the book Irene Parenti Duclos available from TF Press.
To follow up from the Duclos conference and book presentation, here are all the photos from the event, including the restored Madonna del Sacco by Irene Parenti Duclos in its home in the gypsoteca room of the Accademia Gallery.
Deirdre Pirro’s latest Italian Sketch is a timely one: this August 21th was the 100th anniversary of when Vincenzo Peruggia stole the Mona Lisa from the Louvre, wrongly believing that it was stolen by Napoleon’s troupes and t…
In her book Invisible Women, Jane Fortune discovers the many ‘hidden’ female artists in museum archives and deposits in Florence. One artist who deserves recognition is Giovanna Fratellini, a lady-in-waiting to Grand Duc…
Did you know that Enrico Fermi, the father of the atomic bomb, taught at the University of Florence? This is just one interesting aspect of the great physicist’s biography that you’ll learn if you read the latest by Deirdre Pir…
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Sometimes it’s great to re-read an old article of Linda’s because her reflections really never go out of style. This article called “Mi raccomando” purports to explain this funny Italian expression – an…
