The exhibition at Villa Mimbelli (Livorno), celebrating the anniversary of Giovanni Fattori’s birth, opens a new chapter in the understanding of this major 19th-century painter. Fattori was not merely a Tuscan artist, but a figure of European stature, whose formal and thematic innovations represented a true revolution in Italian painting.

Curated by Vincenzo Farinella, the exhibition features over 200 works arranged across 24 rooms and three floors—an ambitious scale that mirrors the scope of Fattori’s own art.

On October 30, 2025, the section “Secret signs” opened at the Museum Giovanni Fattori. This section, the result of a collaboration between the University of Pisa and the National Institute of Optics, presents an overview of the recent non-invasive diagnostic analyses carried out on several artworks. The VIS-NIR multispectral scanner unveiled pencil underdrawings, pentimenti and changes made during the artistic process.

Coordinated by Mattia Patti and Marco Raffaelli, the research offers an in-depth look into Fattori’s painting technique.

Other researchers involved are Raffaella Fontana, Alice Dal Fovo, Daniela Porcu, Enrico Pampaloni, with the collaboration of the students from the University of Pisa’s Department of Civilization and Forms of Knowledge.

Read the article published on “Finestre sull’arte”: link