Johannes Vermeer, The Milkmaid (La lattaia)1658-59, oil on canvas. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Purchased with the support of the Rembrandt Association A special day: the great fire of Rome On the night of July 18, 64 AD, a spark transformed Rome under the arches of the Circus Maximus into a fiery hell. For nine days the […]
Leonardo da Vinci, Last Suppercirca 1494 -1497, Plaster, tempera grassa painting, 460 x 880 cm, Milan, Museo del Cenacolo Vinciano La7 tells the story of Leonardo’s geniusIt is April 23, 1519. In the castle of Amboise, Leonardo da Vinci writes his most extreme and definitive pages, his will, with which he will leave the […]