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AI Study Points to Different Holbein Drawing as the True Anne Boleyn

A peer-reviewed facial recognition study challenges inscription-based labels, prompting fresh scrutiny of Holbein’s Tudor sitters.

Tourist Reported After Climbing Florence’s Fountain of Neptune and Damaging Sculpture

Uffizi Tightens Security After Cyberattack With Valuables Reportedly Moved to Central Bank

Accademia in Venice Begins Public, Two-Year Restoration of Bellini’s San Giobbe Altarpiece

Italy Acquires Rare Caravaggio Portrait for €30 Million

Researcher Presents Documentary Case Attributing Rome Basilica Christ Bust to Michelangelo

Five-Week Cleaning of Michelangelo’s Last Judgment Underway in the Sistine Chapel

Vatican Restorers Lift White Film From Michelangelo’s ‘Last Judgment’

Nine Charged in Louvre Ticket-Fraud Case, One Held as Seizures Top €1.4 Million

Nine Arrested in Suspected Louvre and Versailles Ticket-Fraud Network

Michelangelo Drawing Sells for $27.2 Million at Christie’s, Setting New Auction Record

Vatican Has Meloni‑Lookalike Fresco Face Painted Over in Rome Basilica

Scans Show Anne Boleyn’s Hever ‘Rose’ Portrait Was Reworked in 1583 to Display Five Fingers

Researchers Detect Possible da Vinci DNA on Attributed Drawing, Family Letters

Custody Battle Erupts Over Stolen 16th-Century Italian Painting in England

Study Reveals Mathematical Patterns in Tree Depictions Across Art History

Louvre Announces $800 Million Renovation to Address Overcrowding and Modernize Facilities

Louvre Announces Major Renovation, Including New Entrance and Dedicated Mona Lisa Room

BBC's 'Renaissance: The Blood and the Beauty' Explores Art and Rivalry in Turbulent Italy

Ken Burns' New Documentary Explores the Life of Leonardo da Vinci