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Francis of Assisi on the eighth centenary of his death
March 6 - October 31, 2026 - ValbellunaCultural and spiritual events in the city of Feltre
Discover moreConference dedicated to Antonio Solario and curated by art historian Emanuele Castoldi, who will describe who Antonio Solario was, the mysterious author of the Madonna and Child, stolen in 1973 and returned to the civic museum of Belluno last year.
A traveling painter, who left few traces of himself and moved between Venice, Naples, the Marche region, and... England, absorbing with great sensitivity the stimuli of the contemporary Renaissance painting.
Emanuele Castoldi
Art historian specializing in Venetian Renaissance art, with particular attention to Venetian painting of the 15th and 16th centuries.
He obtained his doctorate at the University of Verona in 2025 with a thesis on Santa Maria degli Angeli in Murano, investigating the architecture and decoration of the church through the works of Giovanni Bellini and Nicolò Rondinelli.
Between 2024 and 2025, he received a research grant at the Longhi Foundation in Florence dedicated precisely to the early Venetian works of Antonio Solario.
He has published in specialized journals such as "Arte Veneta" and "MDCCC1800," and has participated in international conferences, including the Renaissance Society of America Annual Conference.
The event is free admission with mandatory reservation at prenotazionimuseo@comune.belluno.it.
