Florence, Palatine Gallery of Pitti Palace, Room of Ulysses. Here, Olivera Stojovic, expert in Florentine Art, introduces to us a youthful work by Filippino Lippi: The Story of Lucretia. The painting shows the death of Lucretia, and was combined with another panel – also by Lippi – representing the story of another Roman heroine, Virginia […]

Florence, Palatine Gallery of Palazzo Pitti, the museum with the world’s highest number of canvases and panels by Raffaello Sanzio from Urbino, usually known as Raphael. Here, Olivera Stojovic, expert in Florentine Art, introduces to us one of the Raphael’s masterpieces: the wonderful Madonna of the Grand Duke. Raphael and his stay in Florence This […]

Naples, Capodimonte National Museum. The art historian Claudio Sagliocco guides us through this beautiful museum to discover a masterpiece by Caravaggio, realized during his Neapolitan stay: Flagellation of Christ. Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio – better known simply as Caravaggio – was active in Rome for most of his artistic life, but after being sentenced to […]