We are pleased to announce the publication of the latest issue of Ricerche sull'arte a Napoli in età moderna. Saggi e documenti 2024-2025 in ricordo di Giuseppe De Vito, which will be presented on 14 October 2025 at 5pm at the Biblioteca Marucelliana in Florence. The volume is a double issue containing thirteen articles on topics related to Neapolitan and southern Italian art, covering a period from the 15th to the 19th century, including rich illustrations. A section of the volume is also dedicated to Giuseppe De Vito as a scholar and collector, on the occasion of the centenary of his birth.

The journal, published by Arte’m (Napoli 2025), is available in specialised bookshops or can be purchased online.

The cover of the new issue and the table of contents can be found below.

The present volume follows, with help of new fundamental critic and documentary acquisitions the activity of Giordano  from the beginning until 1664, clearing finally the study from numerous misunderstanding which have conditioned the evaluation of the style and artistic personality of young painter, up to now, based on the Vita of Bernardo De Dominici.

The corpus of the young Giordano, enriched in the present publication of unknown works, documents and photographs nearly all in colour, has been the object of new stylistic an iconographic analysis from the two authors.