A new exhibition has opened at the Casa Buonarroti in Florence, the former home of the famed Italian Renaissance artist Michelangelo, which was converted into a museum by his nephew, Michelangelo Buonarroti the Younger. The exhibition is titled ‘Artemisia in the Museum of Michelangelo’ and celebrates the work of the Baroque artist Artemisia Gentileschi.
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Italian police have thwarted the fraudulent sale in Austria of a painting by Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-1656). A specialised task force, known as the Carabinieri Cultural Heritage Protection Unit, discovered the fraud by searching through auction catalogues and online offerings. As a genuine work by the most celebrated female artist of the Baroque period, the painting is valued at a staggering €2 million (£1.7 million).
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